Apa Register Newsletter FormWordPress extension · Apa
CVE-2024-49621
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 aatmaadhikari APA Register Newsletter Form apa-register-newsletter-form allows SQL Injection.This issue affects APA Register Newsletter Form: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.
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 confidenceThis vulnerability combines Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) with SQL Injection in the aatmaadhikari APA Register Newsletter Form WordPress plugin. An attacker can craft a malicious request that tricks an authenticated administrator into submitting a form that executes arbitrary SQL queries, potentially allowing data exfiltration or database compromise.
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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
Apa Register Newsletter FormWordPress extension
<= 1.0.0CVSS 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 the plugin is installedNavigate to wp-content/plugins/ directory and look for a folder named 'apa-register-newsletter-form', 'atmaadhikari-apa-register-newsletter-form', or similar containing 'newsletter' and 'register' in the name. Alternatively, check the WordPress admin plugins list for 'APA Register Newsletter Form' or 'Atmaadhikari APA Register Newsletter Form'.Affected if The plugin folder exists in wp-content/plugins/ or the plugin appears in the WordPress admin plugins list.
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Check the installed versionOpen the main PHP file of the plugin (usually named similarly to the plugin folder) and look for a version comment or 'Version:' header. Alternatively, check the plugin's readme.txt file for the 'Stable tag' version entry.Affected if The version is 1.0.0 or lower, or if no version is displayed (meaning it may be an unversioned release of 1.0.0).
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Confirm the plugin is activeLog into WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and verify whether the APA Register Newsletter Form plugin is currently activated.Affected if The plugin shows as 'Active' in the WordPress admin plugins list.
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Check if the newsletter form is publicly accessibleVisit the website frontend and look for any newsletter signup or registration form that may be rendered by this plugin. Common locations include the homepage, sidebar widgets, or dedicated pages with 'newsletter', 'subscribe', or 'register' in the URL or title.Affected if A newsletter/registration form built by this plugin is visible and functional on the public website.
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Inspect form handling for CSRF protectionView the plugin source code, specifically the PHP file that handles form submissions (look for functions processing POST requests with form data). Examine whether the code validates a nonce token or any CSRF protection mechanism before processing form input.Affected if The form processing code contains no nonce verification, token validation, or CSRF check before processing submitted data.
A user is affected if the APA Register Newsletter Form plugin versions 1.0.0 or below is installed, active, and its form submission handler lacks CSRF protection combined with unsanitized SQL queries.
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 (nonces) for all form submissions and use parameterized queries/prepared statements for all database interactions to prevent SQL injection.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 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-2024-49621 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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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