Asgaros ForumWordPress extension · Asgaros
CVE-2024-32440
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 Thomas Belser Asgaros Forum.This issue affects Asgaros Forum: from n/a through 2.8.0.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Asgaros Forum plugin versions through 2.8.0 allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by forcing their browser to send malicious requests to the vulnerable application.
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
Asgaros ForumWordPress extension
< 2.9.0CVSS 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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Verify Asgaros Forum plugin is installedAccess your WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'Asgaros Forum' in the list of active plugins.Affected if Asgaros Forum appears in the installed plugins list
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Check the installed version of Asgaros ForumIn the WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate Asgaros Forum and view the version number displayed below the plugin name. Alternatively, check the plugin's main PHP file for the version constant.Affected if The version number is lower than 2.9.0 (e.g., 2.8.0, 2.7.x, etc.)
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Confirm authenticated user sessions existReview your web server logs or WordPress user session data to determine if any user accounts have active logged-in sessions. CSRF attacks require authenticated users to be tricked.Affected if Any user accounts have active sessions or the forum allows user registration and login
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Verify if anti-CSRF protections are implementedInspect the plugin's forms (particularly admin forms and user action forms) to check for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) in form submissions. Also check session cookie configurations for SameSite attributes.Affected if Forms lack nonce/tokens AND session cookies lack SameSite attribute protections
You are affected if Asgaros Forum version is below 2.9.0 AND your site has authenticated users who can be targeted by CSRF attacks.
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.
dbcve · scoped2.9.0
Apply the latest security patch/updated version of Asgaros Forum (beyond 2.8.0) when available; implement anti-CSRF tokens and SameSite cookie attributes on session cookies as additional defense-in-depth measures.
2.9.0
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find Asgaros Forum in the plugin list
- Click the 'Update now' link if an update is available, or use the WordPress automatic update feature
- Verify the update was successful by checking the plugin version
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Asgaros Forum
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-32440 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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