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CVE-2024-51631:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability (CVE-2024-51631) is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Sticky Social Bar WordPress plugin versions up to 2.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on November 1, 2024, and affects the plugin developed by Eftakhairul Islam (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue that could potentially lead to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (High), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD, Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. This type of vulnerability can potentially lead to unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of authenticated users (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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