AtahualpaWordPress extension · Bytesforall
CVE-2024-27948
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 bytesforall Atahualpa.This issue affects Atahualpa: from n/a through 3.7.24.
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 Atahualpa WordPress theme (versions up to 3.7.24). Attackers can exploit this to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions such as modifying theme settings, injecting code, or altering site configuration through maliciously crafted 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
AtahualpaWordPress extension
<= 3.7.24CVSS 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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Identify if Atahualpa theme is installedInspect the wp-content/themes/ directory for an 'atahualpa' folder, or query the WordPress database wp_options table for template/design theme values containing 'atahualpa'.Affected if The atahualpa folder exists in themes directory or is set as the active/current theme.
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Determine installed theme versionOpen wp-content/themes/atahualpa/style.css and locate the 'Version:' header in the theme comment block at the top of the file.Affected if The version number listed is 3.7.24 or lower.
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Verify theme is active on the siteAccess WordPress admin dashboard > Appearance > Themes, or inspect the wp_options table where option_name equals 'template' or 'stylesheet' to confirm atahualpa is the active theme.Affected if Atahualpa is currently the active theme and the version is 3.7.24 or lower.
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Confirm admin access existsCheck if the WordPress site has administrator accounts and the Atahualpa theme admin panel is accessible at /wp-admin/themes.php?page=atahualpaoptions or similar admin routes.Affected if Administrator users exist and the theme admin interface loads.
You are affected if the Atahualpa theme is installed and active with version 3.7.24 or lower, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trick administrators into making unintended changes via CSRF.
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 WordPress nonces and proper request validation on all theme admin forms and AJAX actions to verify request origin and intent. Additionally, consider implementing SameSite cookie attributes and referer header validation.
Fix this in Atahualpa
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-27948 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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