Description

WordPress Plugin Advanced AJAX Page Loader is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin Advanced AJAX Page Loader version 2.7.7 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Edit the source code to ensure that CSRF protection is implemented with Nonce-like mechanism or disable the plugin until a fix is available

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/advanced-ajax-page-loader/advanced-ajax-page-loader-277-cross-site-request-forgery-to-arbitrary-file-upload

https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-ajax-page-loader/#description

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-6310 CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF