Herd Effects Plugin up to 5.2.6 on WordPress cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Herd Effects Plugin up to 5.2.6 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-3478. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Herd Effects Plugin up to 5.2.6 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.7 does not have CSRF checks in some bulk actions, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins perform unwanted actions, such as deleting effects via CSRF attacks

The weakness was presented by Bob Matyas. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-3478 since 04/08/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.2.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Herd Effects Plugin 5.2.7

Timelineinfo

04/08/2024 🔍
05/02/2024 +24 days 🔍
05/02/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/02/2025 +335 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Bob Matyas
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-3478 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-3478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-262833

Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2024 08:26
Updated: 04/02/2025 06:29
Changes: 05/02/2024 08:26 (55), 03/26/2025 00:14 (2), 04/02/2025 06:29 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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