cyberchimps Responsive Plus Plugin up to 3.1.4 on WordPress Setting remote_request server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in cyberchimps Responsive Plus Plugin up to 3.1.4 on WordPress. This affects the function remote_request of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-13834. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in cyberchimps Responsive Plus Plugin up to 3.1.4 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function remote_request of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Responsive Plus – Starter Templates, Advanced Features and Customizer Settings for Responsive Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.4 via the 'remote_request' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

The weakness was disclosed by Francesco Carlucci. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13834 since 02/04/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/24/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• cyberchimps

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• Responsive Plus Plugin

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• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4

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