Categorify Plugin Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
CVE-2024-1909

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 February 2024

What is CVE-2024-1909?

The Categorify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the categorifyAjaxRenameCategory function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to rename categories via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Version(s)

Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager * <= 1.0.7.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3034410/cate...

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

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Francesco Carlucci
.