Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2024-31933

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-15
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Live Composer Team Page Builder: Live Composer.This issue affects Page Builder: Live Composer: from n/a through 1.5.35.

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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Page Builder: Live Composer WordPress plugin. Attackers can craft malicious requests that trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions (e.g., modifying page content, changing settings) without their consent.

MitigationImplement WordPress nonces (anti-CSRF tokens) on all state-changing operations (forms and AJAX actions) and verify the nonce on the server side before processing any request.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Live Composer plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins and confirm 'Page Builder: Live Composer' is installed and active
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
  2. Identify installed plugin version
    In Plugins list, click on the plugin name to view version details, or inspect the plugin header in /wp-content/plugins/live-composer/includes/framework.php
    Affected if Version is within the affected range (prior to patch)
  3. Check AJAX handlers for nonce verification
    Search plugin files (especially /js/ and /includes/ directories) for AJAX action handlers; inspect whether each handler calls wp_verify_nonce() or check_ajax_referer() before processing
    Affected if AJAX actions process requests without verifying nonce tokens
  4. Inspect form submissions for nonce validation
    Review plugin PHP files for form output (e.g., settings pages, content save forms); verify each form includes a nonce field and the handler validates it via wp_verify_nonce()
    Affected if Forms submit without nonce fields or handlers skip validation
  5. Review admin action hooks for CSRF protection
    Examine admin_init, admin_post and similar hooks that handle state-changing operations; check if they validate nonces before executing changes
    Affected if Admin actions execute without nonce verification

If the Live Composer plugin is active and its state-changing operations (AJAX, forms, admin actions) lack proper nonce verification, the installation is vulnerable to CVE-2024-31933.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement WordPress nonces (anti-CSRF tokens) on all state-changing operations (forms and AJAX actions) and verify the nonce on the server side before processing any request.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
19.0 hours of engineering $3,380
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