CVE-2024-37450
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-37450 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Rarathemes Benevolent. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 38.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-23 (Session Authenticity) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-37450 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, mapped to CWE-352, in the Benevolent WordPress theme developed by Rara Theme. The issue affects the theme from unknown initial versions through version 1.3.4 inclusive. It was published on 2025-01-02 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low attack complexity, though it requires user interaction from a victim, such as clicking a malicious link or visiting a crafted webpage. Exploitation occurs when a forged request tricks an authenticated user into performing unintended actions on a site running the vulnerable theme, resulting in low-impact integrity effects, such as unauthorized changes to theme-related data or settings, with no impact on confidentiality or availability.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/benevolent/vulnerability/wordpress-benevolent-theme-1-3-4-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-36928
Vulnerability details
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in raratheme Benevolent benevolent allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Benevolent: from n/a through <= 1.3.4.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CSRF in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables exploitation of the web application for unauthorized actions via forged requests.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SC-23 requires mechanisms to protect session authenticity, directly preventing CSRF attacks by validating the legitimacy of requests that could trick authenticated users into unintended actions in the Benevolent theme.
SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs, including CSRF tokens or origin checks, to block forged requests exploiting the vulnerability in the theme.
SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like this CSRF vulnerability through patching the Benevolent theme beyond version 1.3.4.