CVE-2024-37940
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 Seraphinite Solutions Seraphinite Accelerator (Full, premium).This issue affects Seraphinite Accelerator (Full, premium): from n/a through 2.21.13.
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 Seraphinite Solutions Seraphinite Accelerator plugin allows remote attackers to induce authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions by tricking them into visiting malicious URLs or pages that trigger state-changing requests.
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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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/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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Confirm Seraphinite Accelerator plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for the Seraphinite Solutions Seraphinite Accelerator plugin and note its installed version numberAffected if The plugin is installed and the version falls within the affected range (or is of unknown version)
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Identify state-changing admin actionsReview the plugin settings pages and admin functions that modify configuration, cache, or other system statesAffected if The plugin has admin functions that perform state-changing operations without requiring confirmation
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Check for anti-CSRF token implementationInspect the plugin source code for the presence of nonces or anti-CSRF tokens on forms and AJAX actions that perform state changes. Look for WordPress nonce verification functions like wp_verify_nonce or check_ajax_refererAffected if State-changing operations lack nonce/token verification or do not validate the request origin
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Verify Origin and Referer header validationExamine the plugin code to see if HTTP Origin or Referer headers are checked to ensure requests originate from trusted domainsAffected if The plugin does not validate Origin or Referer headers on state-changing requests
If the Seraphinite Accelerator plugin is installed and its state-changing admin operations lack anti-CSRF token verification and header validation, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2024-37940
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 on all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer HTTP headers to ensure requests originate from trusted sources.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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-2024-37940 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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