# CVE-2024-23519: WordPress Email Before Download Plugin <= 6.9.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

> Attackers can trick users into performing unintended actions in the Email Before Download plugin, potentially bypassing security controls.

- **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:** 28 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5cm2-xfwq-cj8j

## What is CVE-2024-23519?

CVE-2024-23519 is a medium-severity vulnerability in M&S Consulting Email Before Download, published on 28 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in M&S Consulting Email Before Download.This issue affects Email Before Download: from n/a through 6.9.7.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23519?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mandsconsulting Email Before Download.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23519?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23519 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in M&S Consulting Email Before Download

- [CVE-2021-24748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24748/): Email Before Download < 6.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23519 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23519 is a medium-severity vulnerability in M&S Consulting Email Before Download, published on 28 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: M&S Consulting Email Before Download. 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-2024-23519/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23519/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23519
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23519
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23519

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23519/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.