CVE-2024-10040 Information

Description

The Infinite-Scroll plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 2.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_ajax_edit and process_ajax_delete function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make changes to plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4045575a-35f0-46e5-afb7-93eee9be3a97?source=cve https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infinite-scroll/trunk/includes/presets.php#L252 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/infinite-scroll/trunk/includes/presets.php#L275

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.3