CVE-2024-3972 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Similarity WordPress plugin up to version 3.0. This flaw, combined with insufficient sanitization and escaping, allows attackers to inject Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payloads if a logged-in administrator is tricked into performing an action. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure (I:L). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, indicating low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:davidjmiller:similarity:*:*:*:*:*: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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.