CVE-2024-54438
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Gaxx Keywords WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 0.2. The vulnerability was initially reported on October 27, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on December 12, 2024. This security issue was assigned CVE-2024-54438 and received a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (High) (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and allows for Stored XSS attacks. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability, all rated as Low according to the CVSS scoring (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of December 19, 2024, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

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