VDB-304106 · CVE-2024-8243 · GCVE-0-2024-8243

Plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin up to 1.0 on WordPress WordPress/Plugin cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin up to 1.0 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file WordPress/Plugin. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-8243. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin up to 1.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file WordPress/Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WordPress/Plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

The weakness was released by Daniel Ruf. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8243 since 08/27/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

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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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

Plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/27/2024 🔍
04/09/2025 +225 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Daniel Ruf
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-8243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304106

Entryinfo

Created: 04/09/2025 11:54
Updated: 04/09/2025 15:28
Changes: 04/09/2025 11:54 (55), 04/09/2025 15:28 (1)
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