CVE-2024-10789: WP User Profile Avatar <= 1.0.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
Description
The WP User Profile Avatar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wpupa_user_admin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugins setting which controls access to the functionality via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-10789
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
Affected Products
Vendor: wpeventmanager
Product: WP User Profile Avatar
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 19.46% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-14 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b056cc98-3bd8-493a-bbf4-9bcee2e52d24?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222923/