CVE-2024-9990 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Crypto plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 2.15. This flaw, stemming from missing nonce validation, allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, through a crafted request. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low complexity, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into clicking a malicious link. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:odude:crypto_tool:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 2.15CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:odude:crypto_tool:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
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
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