CVE-2024-13518

The Simple:Press Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.10.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'sp_save_edited_post' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify a forum post via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simplepress/trunk/forum/database/sp-db-management.php#L173	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4484fa86-5878-426d-92b9-8eb0751075e5?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:simplepress:simplepress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-03-01 05:15

Updated : 2025-08-12 17:05

NVD link : CVE-2024-13518

Mitre link : CVE-2024-13518

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-13518

JSON object : View

Products Affected

simplepress

simplepress

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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