CVE-2024-30421
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Events Manager plugin, affecting versions up to 6.4.7.1. The vulnerability was reported on January 21, 2024, and publicly disclosed on March 28, 2024 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2024-30421 and is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It received 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, indicating that it requires user interaction and can be exploited remotely without authentication (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity is considered low, with limited potential impact on the affected systems (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability is classified as having low priority and is unlikely to be exploited. It can be triggered by unauthenticated users, though it requires user interaction to be successful (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 6.4.7.2 of the Events Manager plugin. Users are advised to update to version 6.4.7.2 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).

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