CVE-2024-13852 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in version 1.0 of the Option Editor plugin for WordPress, affecting backie option_editor. This flaw stems from missing nonce validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary WordPress options if they can trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as it can be leveraged to enable user registration and assign administrative privileges to attackers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 1.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:backie:option_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:backie:option_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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.