Infinite-Scroll Plugin Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

CVE-2024-10040
4.3MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Paulirish-1
Status
Infinite-scroll
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 October 2024

Summary

The Infinite-Scroll plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_ajax_edit and process_ajax_delete function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make changes to plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Version(s)

Infinite-Scroll <= 2.6.2

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Disclosed

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Francesco Carlucci
.