8.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-9990
CloudFlare WordPress Crypto Plugin CSRF Leonardy
Description

The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.15. This is due to missing nonce validation in the 'crypto_connect_ajax_process::check' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 29, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 6, 2024, 11:11 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-9990 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Odude crypto_tool
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-9990 vulnerability over time.

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L31 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L31 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L65 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L65 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cea39157-94aa-4982-983e-9c3e4b1af86d?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cea39157-94aa-4982-983e-9c3e4b1af86d?source=cve Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:odude:crypto_tool:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 2.16
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.15. This is due to missing nonce validation in the 'crypto_connect_ajax_process::check' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cea39157-94aa-4982-983e-9c3e4b1af86d?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L31 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L65 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Wordfence CWE-352
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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