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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-10789
CVE-2024-10789:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP User Profile Avatar plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-10789) is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in all versions up to and including 1.0.5. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with disclosure on January 15, 2025 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the wpupauseradmin() function. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.3 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The weakness is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings which controls access to the functionality, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 1.0.5 when available. A patch has been released to address this vulnerability (WordPress Plugins).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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