CVE-2024-37503
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 raratheme Lawyer Landing Page lawyer-landing-page allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Lawyer Landing Page: from n/a through <= 1.2.4.
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 · high confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the raratheme Lawyer Landing Page WordPress theme (versions through 1.2.4) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions such as modifying theme settings or plugin configurations due to missing or inadequate anti-CSRF tokens on state-changing forms and AJAX endpoints.
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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< 1.2.5CVSS 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 installed theme versionCheck the theme version in the WordPress admin panel under Appearance > Themes, or inspect the style.css file in the theme directory for the 'Version' headerAffected if The theme version is listed as 1.2.4 or lower (any version before 1.2.5)
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Locate theme form handlersInspect the theme PHP files (commonly functions.php or files in includes/ or admin/ directories) that handle form submissions for theme settings or configurationsAffected if Forms that modify theme settings or plugin configurations do not contain WordPress nonce fields (look for wp_nonce_field or wp_nonce_url functions)
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Inspect AJAX endpoint registrationReview PHP files that register AJAX actions (search for add_action('wp_ajax_') or add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_') calls) to identify state-changing AJAX endpointsAffected if AJAX endpoints lack nonce verification (check for check_ajax_referer or wp_verify_nonce calls before processing requests)
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Verify nonce validation logicExamine the code that processes form submissions and AJAX requests to confirm that nonces are validated before any state-changing operations occurAffected if No verification of nonce tokens is performed, or verification is missing entirely before executing settings changes or configuration updates
A user is affected if the Lawyer Landing Page theme version is below 1.2.5 AND the theme's forms and AJAX endpoints lack proper CSRF token (nonce) validation.
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 · scoped1.2.5
Update Lawyer Landing Page theme to version 1.2.5 or later which should include proper CSRF token validation; alternatively, add WordPress nonces to all forms and AJAX actions and verify the nonce on submission.
1.2.5
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find the 'Lawyer Landing Page' plugin by raratheme
- Click 'Update now' if an update is available, or manually update to version 1.2.5
- Verify the plugin version shows 1.2.5 after updating
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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.
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- 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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