CVE-2024-2964

The Pocket News Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.2.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the option_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pocket-news-generator/trunk/pocket-news-generator.php#L77	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9fe7f4e4-3774-408b-8a2a-0db67bc34fcf?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pocket-news-generator/trunk/pocket-news-generator.php#L77	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9fe7f4e4-3774-408b-8a2a-0db67bc34fcf?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:logicore:pocket_news_generator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-03-29 07:15

Updated : 2025-03-06 15:43

NVD link : CVE-2024-2964

Mitre link : CVE-2024-2964

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-2964

JSON object : View

Products Affected

logicore

pocket_news_generator

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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