CVE-2024-13146 Booknetic < 4.1.5 - Staff Creation via CSRF
Attackers can trick admins into creating unauthorized staff accounts via CSRF, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data modification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13146?
CVE-2024-13146 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Booknetic, published on 26 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Booknetic WordPress plugin before 4.1.5 does not have CSRF check when creating Staff accounts, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add arbitrary Staff members via a CSRF attack
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13146?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fs-Code Booknetic.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13146?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-13146 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13146 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpv6-mc85-j28m.