CVE-2024-13852 Option Editor <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Update
Attackers can trick admins into updating site options, enabling registration and granting admin access via CSRF.
- 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-2024-13852?
CVE-2024-13852 is a high-severity vulnerability in backie Option Editor, published on 18 Feb 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 Option Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on the plugin_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Backie Option Editor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-13852 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-577f-pjr8-g7hv.