Novelist <= 1.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-32093
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published April 11, 2024
Last Updated April 17, 2024
Researcher Dhabaleshwar Das
Description

The Novelist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the novelist_restore_default_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to restore the plugin to default settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug novelist (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.2
Patched Version
  • 1.2.3
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