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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-2964
CVE-2024-2964:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Pocket News Generator plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in versions up to and including 0.2.0, discovered on March 29, 2024. The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the option_page() function (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is caused by inadequate nonce validation in the option_page() function, which fails to properly verify requests. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings through forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 0.2.0 when available. In the meantime, administrators should be cautious about clicking on unknown links and exercise general web security best practices (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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