CVE-2024-9943 Cross-site request forgery in MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Attackers can trick administrators into updating vendor details, creating accounts, or deleting users via forged requests in the MultiVendorX plugin.

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-2024-9943?

CVE-2024-9943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in wcmp MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solutions, published on 24 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 MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on several functions in api/class-mvx-rest-controller.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update vendor account details, create vendor accounts, and delete arbitrary users 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-2024-9943?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Multivendorx Multivendorx.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9943?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9943 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-9943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wm4f-jr24-wgqm.

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