CVE-2024-1909 Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via categorifyAjaxRenameCategory

What is CVE-2024-1909?

CVE-2024-1909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in frenify Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager, published on 27 Feb 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 Categorify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the categorifyAjaxRenameCategory function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to rename categories via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1909?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Frenify Categorify.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1909?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1909 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-1909 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1909 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in frenify Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager

• CVE-2024-0385 Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxAddCategory Medium 4.3
• CVE-2024-1649 Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxDeleteCategory Medium 4.3
• CVE-2024-1650 Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxRenameCategory Medium 4.3
• CVE-2024-1652 Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxClearCategory Medium 4.3
• CVE-2024-1653 Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-h43f-4wgw-vfx3.