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CVE-2024-5943:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Nested Pages plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-5943) contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 3.2.7. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the initial disclosure made on July 4, 2024 (Wordfence Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'settingsPage' function and inadequate sanitization of the 'tab' parameter. The severity of this vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (Wordfence Advisory).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to call local PHP files through forged requests, provided they can successfully trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Site administrators are advised to update their Nested Pages plugin to version 3.2.8 or later (WordPress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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