CVE-2024-8093
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Posts reminder WordPress plugin through version 0.20 contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on August 27, 2024. The plugin lacks CSRF protection mechanisms when updating its settings, which affects the security of WordPress installations using this plugin (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2024-8093 and is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and requiring user interaction (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to manipulate plugin settings by tricking an authenticated administrator into performing unintended actions. The impact is primarily focused on the integrity of plugin settings, as indicated by the CVSS metrics showing high impact on integrity but no direct impact on confidentiality or availability (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Users of the Posts reminder WordPress plugin should consider implementing additional security controls or temporarily disabling the plugin until a security update is released (WPScan).

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