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CVE-2024-8795:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The BA Book Everything plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (CVE-2024-8795) in all versions up to and including 1.6.20. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the disclosure date of September 23, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the myaccountupdate() function. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update a user's account details through a forged request if they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. The exploit can be leveraged to reset a user's password and gain unauthorized access to their account (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 1.6.20 of the BA Book Everything plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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