CVE-2024-9598 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.99.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation

High 8.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit CSRF to steal admin cookies and escalate privileges by tricking administrators into clicking a link.

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-2024-9598?

CVE-2024-9598 is a high-severity vulnerability in mohammed_kaludi AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages, published on 25 Oct 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 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.99.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'proxy' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send the logged in user's cookies to their own server 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-2024-9598?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-9598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qr32-hx8f-hm76.

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