CVE-2024-13146
Published: 26 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-13146 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Fs-Code Booknetic. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Local Account (T1136.001); ranked at the 23.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-23 (Session Authenticity) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-13146 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, affecting the Booknetic WordPress plugin in versions before 4.1.5. The flaw arises from the absence of CSRF checks during the creation of Staff accounts, enabling unauthorized modifications through forged requests. Published on 2025-03-26 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), it poses a high-severity risk to WordPress sites using the vulnerable plugin.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely without privileges by crafting a malicious webpage or link that, when visited by a logged-in administrator, triggers a CSRF attack to create arbitrary Staff members. This grants the added accounts potentially elevated permissions within the Booknetic system, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. User interaction from the admin is required, but the low complexity and network accessibility make it practical for phishing or social engineering campaigns targeting site owners.
The WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/19cb40dd-53b0-46db-beb0-1841e385ce09/ details the issue, with mitigation achieved by updating to Booknetic version 4.1.5 or later, which introduces the necessary CSRF protections. Security practitioners should prioritize patching affected WordPress installations and advise admins to enable general CSRF defenses like token validation.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8106
Vulnerability details
The Booknetic WordPress plugin before 4.1.5 does not have CSRF check when creating Staff accounts, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add arbitrary Staff members via a CSRF attack
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CSRF vulnerability enables exploitation of a public-facing WordPress application (T1190) to create arbitrary local WordPress staff accounts with login and plugin manage permissions (T1136.001) without proper authentication checks.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates CSRF by requiring session authenticity mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens to validate state-changing requests such as staff account creation.
Ensures validation of inputs including CSRF tokens during staff account creation to prevent forged requests from succeeding.
Provides timely remediation of the specific flaw by patching the Booknetic plugin to version 4.1.5 or later, adding required CSRF protections.