Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9709

CVE-2024-9709:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The EKC Tournament Manager WordPress plugin before version 2.2.2 contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that affects its settings update functionality. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly published on October 9, 2024, and has been assigned the identifier CVE-2024-9709 (MITRE CVE, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the absence of CSRF protection mechanisms when updating plugin settings. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD). The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and affects the plugin's tournament and team creation functionality (WPScan).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to manipulate plugin settings by tricking authenticated administrators into executing unwanted actions. The impact includes potential unauthorized changes to tournament and team configurations within the plugin (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.2.2 of the EKC Tournament Manager plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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