Quicksand Post Filter JqueryWordPress extension · Developingtheweb
CVE-2024-24849
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 Mark Stockton Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin.This issue affects Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin: from n/a through 3.1.1.
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 the Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending malicious requests. The plugin lacks proper anti-CSRF token validation or origin verification when processing requests.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Quicksand Post Filter JqueryWordPress extension
<= 3.1.1CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Locate the Quicksand Post Filter plugin filesSearch for JavaScript files containing 'quicksand' in the web root directory, typically in /js/, /plugins/, or similar asset directoriesAffected if Plugin files are present in the environment
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main quicksand plugin JavaScript file and check the version number in the file header, comments, or version propertyAffected if The version is 3.1.1 or lower
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Inspect state-changing functions for anti-CSRF tokensReview the plugin's JavaScript source code for functions that modify data (such as filter submissions, AJAX POST requests, or form handling) and verify if they include anti-CSRF tokens in the request payload or headersAffected if No anti-CSRF token is included in state-changing operations
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Check for Origin or Referer header validationExamine the server-side code that handles plugin requests to see if it validates the Origin or Referer HTTP headers before processing state-changing operationsAffected if No Origin or Referer validation is performed on requests
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Verify SameSite cookie attribute usageInspect the cookie configuration for session or authentication cookies used by the plugin to confirm if SameSite attribute is set to 'Strict' or 'Lax'Affected if Cookies lack SameSite attribute or use 'None' without secure flag
A user is affected if the Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin version 3.1.1 or lower is installed AND the plugin lacks anti-CSRF tokens, Origin/Referer validation, and SameSite cookie protections on state-changing operations.
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 dataAdd anti-CSRF tokens to all state-changing operations, implement proper referer/Origin header validation, or utilize SameSite cookies to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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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-2024-24849 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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