# CVE-2024-1504: SecuPress Free — WordPress Security <= 2.2.5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Banned IP Address

> Unauthenticated attackers can block a user's IP address via CSRF by tricking them into clicking a link in the SecuPress WordPress plugin.

- **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:** 2 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-494h-rf5r-q9v4

## What is CVE-2024-1504?

CVE-2024-1504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security, published on 2 Apr 2024. 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 SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the secupress_blackhole_ban_ip() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to block a user's IP via a forged request granted they can trick the user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1504?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Secupress Secupress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1504?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1504 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security

- [CVE-2025-30907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30907/): WordPress SecuPress Free plugin <= 2.2.5.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-9019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9019/): Cross-site scripting in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2025-3452](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3452/): SecuPress Free <= 2.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1504 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security, published on 2 Apr 2024. 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-2024-1504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security. 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-2024-1504/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1504/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1504
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1504
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1504

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1504/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.