CVE-2024-4204 Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress <= 4.2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into creating, duplicating, or modifying posts via forged requests due to missing nonce validation.
- 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-2024-4204?
CVE-2024-4204 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ithemelandco WPBULKiT – Bulk Edit WordPress Posts & Pages, published on 16 May 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 Bulk Posts Editing For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the plugin's AJAX actions.. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create and duplicate posts, retrieve post content, and modify post taxonomy among other things 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-2024-4204?
How do I fix CVE-2024-4204?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4204 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-4204 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4204 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-35xq-xfhr-qv9p.