CVE-2024-0428 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to 2.6.3 of the Index Now plugin for WordPress. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation within the 'reset_form' function, enabling unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary site options. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kobzarev:index_now:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.