Vulnerability · Published Dec 12, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-12526Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events <= 0.4.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events from arenaim. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'albfre_user_action' AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
arenaim	Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events	0 – through 0.4.1

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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