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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-37940
CVE-2024-37940:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been identified in Seraphinite Solutions Seraphinite Accelerator (Full, premium) affecting versions through 2.21.13. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Dave Jong from Patchstack on June 29, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on July 9, 2024 (Patchstack Database).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and allows for arbitrary file deletion through CSRF attacks (Patchstack Database).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication, specifically leading to arbitrary file deletion (Patchstack Database).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.21.13.1. Users are advised to update to version 2.21.13.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack Database).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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