CVE-2024-37213
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Ali2Woo Team's Ali2Woo Lite WordPress plugin, which could lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability affects versions through 3.3.9 of Ali2Woo Lite, also known as the AliExpress Dropshipping with AliNext Lite plugin. The issue was reported on February 16, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on June 20, 2024 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The issue is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit but does require user interaction (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The combination of CSRF leading to XSS could potentially compromise the security of the WordPress installation and affect user data (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 3.4.7 or later of the plugin to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to a fixed version (Patchstack).

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