Classified Listing <= 3.0.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Account Takeover via rtcl_update_user_account

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-1315
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published April 4, 2024
Last Updated April 9, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'rtcl_update_user_account' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the administrator user's password and email address via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This locks the administrator out of the site and prevents them from resetting their password, while granting the attacker access to their account.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug classified-listing (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.4
Patched Version
  • 3.0.5
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