Flash News / Post (Responsive) <= 4.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-56012
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published December 14, 2024
Last Updated December 19, 2024
Researcher Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)
Description

The Flash News / Post (Responsive) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on one of its functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privilege level and gain access to administrator accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug flashnews-fading-effect-pearlbells (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1
Patched Version
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