# CVE-2024-27195: WordPress Watermark RELOADED plugin <= 1.3.5 - CSRF to XSS vulnerability

> Attackers can trick users into triggering Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF in the Watermark RELOADED WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 16 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-49x6-w2c9-99x9

## What is CVE-2024-27195?

CVE-2024-27195 is a high-severity vulnerability in sverde1 Watermark RELOADED, published on 16 Mar 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 sverde1 Watermark RELOADED watermark-reloaded allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Watermark RELOADED: from n/a through <= 1.3.5.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27195?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-27195?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27195 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27195 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27195 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27195 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27195 is a high-severity vulnerability in sverde1 Watermark RELOADED, published on 16 Mar 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-2024-27195 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: sverde1 Watermark RELOADED. 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-2024-27195/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27195/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27195
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27195
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27195

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27195/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.