# CVE-2024-13511: Variation Swatches for WooCommerce 1.0.8 - 1.3.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Reset

> Attackers can trick administrators into resetting Variation Swatches for WooCommerce plugin settings via CSRF, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 23 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fh2m-hcqj-m6hp

## What is CVE-2024-13511?

CVE-2024-13511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themehunk Variation Swatches for WooCommerce, published on 23 Jan 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 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce plugin, in all versions starting at 1.0.8 up until 1.3.2, contains a vulnerability due to improper nonce verification in its settings reset functionality. The issue exists in the settings_init() function, which processes a reset action based on specific query parameters in the URL. The related delete_settings() function performs a faulty nonce validation check, making the reset operation insecure and susceptible to unauthorized access.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13511?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Variation Swatches for Woocommerce Project Variation Swatches for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13511?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13511 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13511 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13511 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in themehunk Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2023-37975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37975/): WordPress Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Plugin <= 2.3.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-42367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42367/): Variation Swatches for WooCommerce <= 2.1.1 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13511 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themehunk Variation Swatches for WooCommerce, published on 23 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13511 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themehunk Variation Swatches for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13511/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13511/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13511
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13511
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13511

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13511/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.