CVE-2024-33690 in Financio Plugin
Summary
by MITRE • 04/26/2024
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jegstudio Financio.This issue affects Financio: from n/a through 1.1.3.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 04/03/2025
The Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-33690 resides within the Jegstudio Financio plugin, representing a critical security flaw that enables attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users. This vulnerability specifically impacts versions of the Financio plugin ranging from the initial release through version 1.1.3, creating a window of exposure where users remain susceptible to malicious exploitation. The issue stems from insufficient validation of cross-site requests, allowing attackers to craft malicious requests that leverage the victim's authenticated session to execute unintended operations within the application context.
This CSRF vulnerability operates by exploiting the trust relationship between the web application and the user's browser, where legitimate requests are automatically transmitted with authentication cookies without proper verification of the request source. The flaw permits attackers to manipulate the application's functionality through carefully crafted requests that appear to originate from legitimate users, potentially enabling unauthorized transactions, data modifications, or privilege escalation within the Financio system. The vulnerability manifests when the application fails to implement proper anti-CSRF tokens or other protective mechanisms that would validate the authenticity of requests originating from the intended source.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data theft or modification, as it could potentially allow attackers to execute financial transactions, alter user permissions, or access sensitive financial information within the compromised system. Given that Financio is a financial management plugin, the consequences of successful exploitation could result in significant financial loss, unauthorized account access, and potential regulatory violations. The vulnerability affects the integrity and availability of the application's core functionalities, particularly those related to user account management and financial data handling. Attackers could leverage this weakness to perform unauthorized operations that would otherwise require legitimate user credentials and authorization.
Mitigation strategies for this CSRF vulnerability should focus on implementing robust anti-CSRF token mechanisms throughout the application's request handling process, ensuring that every state-changing operation requires validation of the request origin and user intent. The implementation of SameSite cookies, proper request validation, and comprehensive session management controls would significantly reduce the attack surface. Security measures should also include regular security audits, input validation, and the application of the principle of least privilege to limit potential damage from successful exploitation attempts. Organizations using the Financio plugin should immediately upgrade to the latest available version that addresses this vulnerability and conduct thorough security assessments of their financial applications to identify potential similar weaknesses. This vulnerability aligns with CWE-352, which specifically addresses Cross-Site Request Forgery, and could be categorized under ATT&CK technique T1566.001 for credential access through social engineering, particularly when considering the potential for session hijacking and unauthorized financial transactions that may result from successful exploitation.