CVE-2024-6412
Published: 31 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-6412 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Linksoftwarellc Html Forms. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.9th 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-2024-47516
Vulnerability details
The HTML Forms WordPress plugin before 1.3.34 does not have CSRF checks in some places, which could allow attackers to make logged in users perform unwanted actions via CSRF attacks
- 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.