CVE-2024-1845
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The VikRentCar Car Rental Management System WordPress plugin before version 1.3.2 contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. This security flaw was discovered and publicly disclosed on July 11, 2024. The vulnerability affects all versions of the VikRentCar plugin up to version 1.3.2 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the absence of CSRF protection mechanisms in certain plugin functionalities. This security weakness is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating a high severity level (NVD, WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to make logged-in users perform unwanted actions through CSRF attacks. This could potentially lead to unauthorized modifications of rental bookings, system settings, or other critical functions within the car rental management system (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.3.2 of the VikRentCar plugin. Users are strongly advised to update to this version or later to protect against potential CSRF attacks (NVD).

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