CSRF Vulnerability in Booknetic Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13146

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Booknetic
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 March 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2024-13146?

The Booknetic plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in versions prior to 4.1.5. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit the lack of CSRF checks during the creation of Staff accounts, enabling unauthorized modifications by making a logged-in administrator add arbitrary Staff members. If left unpatched, this vulnerability could be leveraged to compromise the integrity of user roles within the application.

Affected Version(s)

Booknetic 0 < 4.1.5

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-13146 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19cb40dd-53b0-46db-beb0-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Veshraj Ghimire
WPScan
.