CVE-2024-23515
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cincopa Post Video Players.This issue affects Post Video Players: from n/a through 1.159.
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 · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cincopa Post Video Players plugin for WordPress allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions (such as changing plugin settings) by crafting malicious requests that the user's browser automatically submits.
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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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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.
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Confirm Cincopa Post Video Players plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and search for 'Cincopa Post Video Players' or 'Cincopa' in the plugin listAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list and is activated
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Identify installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin name to view its details, or check the plugin header in /wp-content/plugins/ directory via file manager or FTP for the Version: X.X.X fieldAffected if The installed version matches or predates any version that has since received a security update addressing CSRF protection
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Inspect admin forms for nonce fieldsView the source code of any Cincopa plugin admin pages (Settings page, configuration pages) and search for '_wpnonce' or 'wp_create_nonce' in form HTML elementsAffected if Plugin admin forms lack _wpnonce hidden fields or do not include nonce token verification in their form handling code
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Verify AJAX endpoint nonce validationExamine plugin PHP files in /wp-content/plugins/ for AJAX handlers (admin-ajax.php calls) and check if they include 'check_admin_referer' or 'wp_verify_nonce' before processing requestsAffected if AJAX endpoints do not validate nonces and allow state-changing actions to be processed without token verification
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Check for CSRF-compatible attack vectorsReview plugin source for any form submissions or URL-based actions that modify plugin settings (such as save options, update configurations, or toggle features)Affected if The plugin contains forms or URL parameters that perform sensitive actions without requiring nonce-based verification
If the Cincopa Post Video Players plugin is installed and its forms/AJAX endpoints lack WordPress nonce validation (_wpnonce fields and wp_verify_nonce checks), the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2024-23515 CSRF attacks.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (WordPress nonces) on all forms and AJAX endpoints, and validate these tokens server-side before processing any state-changing requests.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-23515 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
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