CVE-2024-52402
Published: 19 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-52402 is a critical-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-52402 with CWE-352, in the Exclusive Content Password Protect WordPress plugin. It affects all versions through 1.1.0 and enables an attacker to upload a web shell to the server. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required but minimal user interaction that results in changed scope with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the flaw by crafting a malicious request that an authenticated administrator is tricked into submitting, thereby achieving arbitrary file upload and full web server compromise without needing direct access credentials.
The Patchstack advisory at the referenced URL documents the CSRF-to-arbitrary-file-upload chain in the plugin. The EPSS score stands at 0.1810 with no indicated rise from a lower baseline.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-46000
Vulnerability details
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in gunghoinc Exclusive Content Password Protect exclusive-content-password-protect allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Exclusive Content Password Protect: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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.