CVE-2024-39623
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-39623 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Cridio Listingpro. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 33.8th 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-2024-39623 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the CridioStudio ListingPro WordPress theme. This issue affects ListingPro versions from n/a through 2.9.4 and allows authentication bypass. The vulnerability carries 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), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and high impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without authentication by tricking authenticated users into interacting with a malicious site or resource, such as clicking a crafted link. This user interaction enables the CSRF attack, resulting in authentication bypass and potential account takeover.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/listingpro/vulnerability/wordpress-listingpro-theme-2-9-3-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-account-takeover-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-38016
Vulnerability details
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro listingpro allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects ListingPro: from n/a through <= 2.9.4.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
CSRF vulnerability in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables remote exploitation for authentication bypass/account takeover without credentials.
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Mitigating Controls
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SC-23 requires mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens or cryptographic hashes to protect session authenticity, directly preventing forged requests that exploit this CSRF vulnerability for authentication bypass.
SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs, including CSRF tokens in ListingPro forms, to block malicious cross-site requests leading to account takeover.
SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific CSRF flaw in ListingPro versions through 2.9.4, eliminating the authentication bypass vulnerability.