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CVE-2024-23519: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affects M&S Consulting Email Before Download WordPress plugin in versions up to and including 6.9.7. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by researcher Mika, with the initial disclosure on January 30, 2024 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation. The CVSS scores vary between sources, with NVD assigning a high severity score of 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) while Patchstack rates it as medium severity with a score of 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions by tricking site administrators into performing actions such as clicking on malicious links. The attack requires user interaction to be successful (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 6.9.8 of the Email Before Download plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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