Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-4463Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes <= 0.4.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes from squelch. 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 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when saving plugin settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| squelch | Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes | 0 – through 0.4.7 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd9490f2-ad52-477e-ae3b-be49984e8189?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3082482%40squelch-tabs-and-accordions-shortcodes%2Ftrunk&old=3067680%40squelch-tabs-and-accordions-shortcodes%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=