CVE-2024-31093
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 Kaloyan K. Tsvetkov Broken Images allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Broken Images: from n/a through 0.2.
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 confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the Broken Images plugin (versions up to 0.2) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions that result in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The attack vector requires social engineering to lure a logged-in admin to visit a malicious URL, leading to script injection through plugin functionality.
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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
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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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Identify if Broken Images plugin is installedLocate the plugin in the system's plugin directory or plugin management interface. Check for a plugin named 'Broken Images' and note its installed version from the plugin's metadata file (such as version.php, plugin.xml, or composer.json).Affected if The Broken Images plugin is present in the environment with version 0.2 or lower
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Determine the installed versionRead the version number from the plugin's main file or version metadata. Compare the installed version against the affected range (versions up to and including 0.2).Affected if The installed version is 0.2 or any version lower than 0.2
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Verify admin access to vulnerable functionalityDetermine if the plugin exposes any administrative functions or interfaces that accept user input and can be triggered via URL requests. Review the plugin code for any endpoints that modify plugin settings or content.Affected if The plugin provides admin-accessible features that process input without requiring additional authentication beyond basic admin login
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Check for CSRF protection on admin operationsExamine the plugin source code for presence of anti-CSRF token (nonce) verification on any state-changing operations. Search for nonce validation functions such as check_admin_referer, wp_verify_nonce, or verify_nonce in the plugin's PHP files.Affected if State-changing operations lack nonce validation and are accessible to authenticated administrators
The environment is affected if the Broken Images plugin version 0.2 or lower is installed and exposes admin-accessible functionality without CSRF token protection.
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 (nonces) on all state-changing operations and sanitize/validate all user inputs and outputs to prevent XSS execution.
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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-2024-31093 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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