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CVE-2024-0428

25
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kobzarev:index_now:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/3020958/mihdan-index-now/tags/2.6.4/src/Views/WPOSA.php
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7641d52-e930-4143-9180-2903d018da91
Third Party Advisory