Citadela ListingWordPress extension · Ait Themes

CVE-2024-32085

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.20.0 or later.
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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 AitThemes Citadela Listing.This issue affects Citadela Listing: from n/a before 5.20.0.

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 Citadela Listing WordPress plugin allows attackers to induce authenticated users to perform unintended actions by tricking them into submitting malicious requests.

MitigationUpdate Citadela Listing to version 5.20.0 or later. Until then, consider disabling the plugin or implementing additional request validation on the server side.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
Citadela ListingWordPress extension
Affected:< 5.20.0

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 checks

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

  1. Verify Citadela Listing plugin is installed
    Check for the plugin directory at /wp-content/plugins/citadela-listing/ or access it via WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins
    Affected if The plugin directory or listing is found in the WordPress installation
  2. Determine installed plugin version
    Open the main plugin file (usually index.php or citadela-listing.php) and locate the version declaration in the plugin header comment, or view the version in WordPress admin plugin list
    Affected if Version number is displayed and is below 5.20.0
  3. Confirm plugin is active
    Check WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins to see if Citadela Listing shows as 'Active'
    Affected if Plugin status is Active - an inactive plugin would not be exploitable via CSRF in this context

User is affected if Citadela Listing plugin is installed, active, and the version is below 5.20.0

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

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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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.20.0 or later
Fixed in 5.20.0
Interim mitigation

Update Citadela Listing to version 5.20.0 or later. Until then, consider disabling the plugin or implementing additional request validation on the server side.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

5.20.0

  1. 1. Back up your WordPress site and database before performing any updates.
  2. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in your WordPress admin dashboard.
  3. 3. Locate the Citadela Listing plugin in the list.
  4. 4. If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to upgrade to version 5.20.0 or later.
  5. 5. Verify the update completed successfully by checking the plugin version.
  6. 6. Test critical functionality on the site to ensure the update did not cause issues.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Citadela Listing Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
6.0 hours of engineering $1,060
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