CVE-2024-13436: Appsero Helper <= 1.3.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The Appsero Helper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'appsero_helper' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and 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-2024-13436
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Affected Products
Vendor: wedevs
Product: Appsero Helper
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 1.0% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-09 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13436https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0d0c31e-1641-48e6-bd3e-47d8afb1b3b8?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3253119%40appsero-helper&new=3253119%40appsero-helper&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=