PT-2025-6520 · WordPress · Wp Abstracts

Soprobro · Published 2025-02-12 · Updated 2025-02-20 · CVE-2024-12386

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Abstracts plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.7.3

Description The issue is due to missing nonce validation on multiple functions, making it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary accounts via a forged request. This can happen if an attacker can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For WP Abstracts plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.7.3, update to a version higher than 2.7.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive functions that rely on nonce validation until a patch is available.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12386

Affected Products

Wp Abstracts

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3238664 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12386 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/111902 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-abstracts-manuscripts-manager/#developers · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efd27466-f68e-4d8a-a1ec-90dbb6ff126b?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/111025 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/17859 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1889690997128352082 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1889673477109514338 · Twitter Post