Description

The WP Abstracts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This is due to missing nonce validation on multiple functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary accounts 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-2024-12386

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.1

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

Affected Products

Vendor: kevonadonis

Product: WP Abstracts

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 23.95% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-13 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efd27466-f68e-4d8a-a1ec-90dbb6ff126b?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-abstracts-manuscripts-manager/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3238664/

Timeline