CVE-2024-37508
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-37508 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Rarathemes Construction Landing Page. 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 38.8th 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-2024-37508 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the Construction Landing Page WordPress theme developed by Rara Theme. This issue affects all versions of the theme from n/a through 1.3.5. The vulnerability has 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), indicating medium severity with low integrity impact.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network by any unauthenticated attacker with low attack complexity, provided they can trick an authenticated user into performing an action, such as visiting a malicious site or clicking a crafted link. Successful exploitation enables the attacker to perform unauthorized actions on the victim's behalf within the affected WordPress site, potentially leading to low-impact integrity violations like unintended state changes.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/construction-landing-page/vulnerability/wordpress-construction-landing-page-theme-1-3-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on the vulnerability, including recommended mitigations such as updating to a patched version of the Construction Landing Page theme beyond 1.3.5.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-36579
Vulnerability details
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in raratheme Construction Landing Page construction-landing-page allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Construction Landing Page: from n/a through <= 1.3.5.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CSRF vulnerability in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables exploitation of the application by unauthenticated attackers via forged requests from authenticated users.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-2 requires identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly mitigating this CVE by mandating patching of the vulnerable Construction Landing Page WordPress theme.
SC-23 enforces session authenticity mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens, preventing attackers from forging requests on behalf of authenticated users in the affected theme.
SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs, including CSRF tokens, to block unauthorized cross-site requests exploiting this vulnerability.