CVE-2024-4969
Published: 21 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-4969 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Devnath Verma Widget Bundle. 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 49.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-44526
Vulnerability details
The Widget Bundle WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 does not have CSRF checks when logging Widgets, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin enable/disable widgets via a CSRF attack
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The CSRF vulnerability in the WordPress plugin lacks protection on administrative widget management endpoints, allowing exploitation of a public-facing web application to trick authenticated admins into enabling/disabling widgets via forged requests.
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.