Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-38729

CVE-2024-38729:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in MBE Worldwide S.p.A.'s MBE eShip WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 2.1.2. The vulnerability was reported on March 8, 2024, by security researcher Joshua Chan and was officially published on July 11, 2024, with the identifier CVE-2024-38729 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. The issue is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and requires no authentication to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity is considered low, but it still poses a risk to affected WordPress installations (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.2.1 of the MBE eShip plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.2.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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