CVE-2024-3972 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Similarity WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack

Published: 2024-06-14

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Similarity

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 3.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:davidjmiller:similarity:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00229.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55dfb9b5-d590-478b-bd1f-d420b79037fa/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Davidjmiller Similarity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-14T06:00:03.351Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.234Z

Reserved: 2024-04-18T19:45:08.041Z

Link: CVE-2024-3972

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.234Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-14T06:15:12.330

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:45:34.800

Link: CVE-2024-3972

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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