CVE-2024-3943
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP To Do plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (CVE-2024-3943) affecting all versions up to and including 1.3.0. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Benedictus Jovan (aillesiM), with public disclosure on May 29, 2024 (Wordfence).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the wptodo_addcomment function. The issue has been assigned 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. The vulnerability has been classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to add comments to to-do items 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 of the WP To Do plugin should update to a version newer than 1.3.0 if available. Until an update is applied, administrators should exercise caution when clicking on links while logged into their WordPress dashboard (NVD).

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