Description

The WP-BibTeX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_bibtex_option_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts 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-2024-12005

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.1

Affected Products

Vendor: zjhzxhz

Product: WP-BibTeX

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 23.35% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/077538e2-ef9a-490f-9188-31f9cb82aaf7?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-bibtex/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bibtex/trunk/wp-bibtex-options.php#L55
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3225023

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