CVE-2024-48037
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 A WP Life Contact Form Widget new-contact-form-widget allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Contact Form Widget: from n/a through <= 1.4.2.
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 the A WP Life Contact Form Widget plugin allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators or users into unknowingly submitting malicious form requests due to missing or improper anti-CSRF token (nonce) validation on form submissions.
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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
- 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the plugin is installedCheck your WordPress installation's wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'a-wp-life-contact-form-widget' or similar variation. You can also list installed plugins via WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins.Affected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory.
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Identify the installed versionLook for the plugin version in the plugin's main PHP file header (usually a-wp-life-contact-form-widget.php) under 'Version:' comment, or check the plugin row in WordPress admin Plugins page.Affected if The installed version is older than the latest patched version released after this CVE.
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Locate form handling codeSearch the plugin directory for PHP files containing form processing logic - look for '$_POST', '$_REQUEST', or 'submit' in filenames like 'form-handler.php', 'submit.php', or the main plugin file.Affected if The plugin contains PHP files that process form submissions via POST or REQUEST superglobals.
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Check for nonce validation in form handlersOpen the form processing PHP files and search for 'wp_verify_nonce', 'check_admin_referer', 'check_ajax_referer', or 'nonce' within the form handling functions. Inspect the form HTML output files for hidden nonce fields.Affected if The form processing code lacks wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() calls, or form HTML does not include a hidden nonce field (e.g., wp_nonce_field()).
You are affected if the A WP Life Contact Form Widget plugin is installed AND its version lacks the nonce verification calls in form submission handlers.
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 dataUpdate Contact Form Widget to the latest patched version when available, or implement WordPress nonces and nonce verification on all form actions within the plugin to prevent CSRF attacks.
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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.
- 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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