Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1912

CVE-2024-1912:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Categorify plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (CVE-2024-1912) affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.7.4. The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition function (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The issue is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of nonce tokens in the categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition function, which is responsible for handling folder position updates for categories (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update the folder position of categories and modify the metadata of other taxonomies through forged requests. The attack requires user interaction, specifically tricking a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update to version 1.0.7.5 or later of the Categorify plugin which contains the fix for this vulnerability. The fix has been implemented through proper nonce validation in the affected function (WordPress Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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