CVE-2024-0379
Published: 29 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-0379 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Smashballoon Custom Twitter Feeds. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Custom Twitter Feeds plugin for WordPress, also known as the Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget, is affected by a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in all versions through 2.2.1. The flaw stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctf_auto_save_tokens function, which is assigned CWE-352 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue to update a site's Twitter API token and secret by submitting a forged request, provided they first trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link or performing another action that triggers the vulnerable code path.
References to the Wordfence threat intelligence entry and the plugin's Trac changesets document the availability of a fix that addresses the nonce validation gap in the affected custom-twitter-feed.php file.
The associated EPSS score remains low, with a current value of 0.1392 and a peak of 0.1424.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-16175
Vulnerability details
The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the…
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ctf_auto_save_tokens function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the site's twitter API token and secret via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.