CVE-2024-12572
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Hello In All Languages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Hello In All Languages WordPress plugin versions up to 1.0.6 lack proper nonce validation on a settings update function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrative requests by tricking site admins into clicking malicious links. This enables injection of malicious scripts and modification of plugin settings.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
-
Check if Hello In All Languages plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Hello In All Languages' or check the plugin directory /wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'hello-in-all-languages' or similarAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
-
Determine installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin_plugins list, click on the plugin to view details and find the version number, or read the main plugin PHP file header for 'Version:' tagAffected if Version is 1.0.6 or lower (any version up to and including 1.0.6)
-
Verify the vulnerable settings function is accessibleCheck if the plugin has any admin settings pages or AJAX endpoints that handle settings updates. Examine plugin files for functions handling $_POST or $_REQUEST that modify options without nonce verificationAffected if The plugin settings update functionality exists and processes requests without proper nonce validation (this requires code review or testing to confirm)
-
Confirm WordPress admin session exposure riskReview whether site administrators could be tricked into clicking malicious links while authenticated to the WordPress admin areaAffected if Administrators actively use the WordPress admin panel and could be targeted with forged requests
If the Hello In All Languages plugin version 1.0.6 or lower is installed and its settings update function lacks nonce validation, the site is vulnerable to unauthenticated administrative request forgery.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to version 1.0.7 or later which includes proper nonce validation. If immediate update is not possible, review admin actions and manually add nonce verification to vulnerable functions.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $1,984.
Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2024-12572 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-12572 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
No notes yet
Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.
A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.
- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data