Vulnerability · Published Mar 8, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-13924Starter Templates by FancyWP <= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity server-side request forgery in Starter Templates by FancyWP from fancywp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Starter Templates by FancyWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blind Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0 via the 'http_request_host_is_external' filter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
fancywp Starter Templates by FancyWP 0 – through 2.0.0

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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