CVE-2024-39678 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Cooked recipe plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 1.7.15.4. This vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on an AJAX action handler. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog. Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.8.0 or later to remediate this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:boxystudio:cooked:*:*:*:*:pro: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:N
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