CVE-2024-8050 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Custom Author Base WordPress plugin up to version 1.1.1. This flaw allows attackers to trick a logged-in administrator into unknowingly changing the plugin's settings. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring user interaction but resulting in only low integrity impact (settings modification) with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jfarthing:custom_author_base:*:*:*:*:*: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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.