CVE-2024-5551 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 5.6.0 of the WP STAGING Pro WordPress Backup Plugin. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary local files ending in '-settings.php' through a crafted request if a site administrator is tricked into clicking a malicious link. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk. Its attack vector is network-based with low complexity, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but no authentication (PR:N). Successful exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for the majority of vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-staging:wp_staging:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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.