CVE-2024-22291
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Marco Milesi's Browser Theme Color WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.3. The vulnerability was reported on January 17, 2024, and was assigned CVE-2024-22291 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The vulnerability requires user interaction to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.4 of the Browser Theme Color plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

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