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Apa Banner SliderWordPress extension · Apa

CVE-2024-49622

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-10-20
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.0.0 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in aatmaadhikari Apa Banner Slider apa-banner-slider allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Apa Banner Slider: 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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Apa Banner Slider WordPress plugin allows attackers to induce authenticated administrators to perform unintended SQL Injection attacks. The plugin lacks proper CSRF token validation on state-changing operations, enabling malicious requests to inject SQL payloads.

MitigationUpdate the Apa Banner Slider plugin to a patched version if available; otherwise, implement nonce verification and CSRF tokens on all form submissions and AJAX actions within the plugin, and validate/sanitize all database inputs.

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
Apa Banner SliderWordPress extension
Affected:<= 1.0.0

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
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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check if Apa Banner Slider plugin is installed
    Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in WordPress admin and look for 'Apa Banner Slider' or check in wp-content/plugins/ for the 'apa-banner-slider' directory
    Affected if The plugin is installed in the plugins directory
  2. Identify the installed version
    Check the plugin main file (usually apa-banner-slider.php) for the Version header comment in the plugin file header, or view the plugin details in WordPress admin plugins list
    Affected if Version is 1.0.0 or lower
  3. Determine if plugin is active
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify if Apa Banner Slider shows as 'Active'
    Affected if Plugin is active and enabled on the site
  4. Check for state-changing admin actions
    Examine plugin PHP files for form submissions and AJAX actions (functions with add_action for admin_post_, wp_ajax_, or $_POST/$_GET handling) and verify if they include nonce verification using wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer
    Affected if State-changing operations exist without nonce/CSRF token validation (vulnerable code pattern: missing wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer calls before database operations)
  5. Inspect database input handling
    Review plugin code for direct use of $_POST or $_GET variables in SQL queries without prepare() statements or sanitization functions like esc_sql, sanitize_text_field
    Affected if SQL queries use unsanitized user input from $_POST/$_GET without prepare() or esc_sql

If the Apa Banner Slider plugin version 1.0.0 or lower is installed and active, and the plugin contains admin actions or AJAX endpoints lacking CSRF token validation, the site is affected by this vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.0.0
Interim mitigation

Update the Apa Banner Slider plugin to a patched version if available; otherwise, implement nonce verification and CSRF tokens on all form submissions and AJAX actions within the plugin, and validate/sanitize all database inputs.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Check WordPress plugin repository for latest version > 1.0.0 (fixed version not explicitly specified in provided CVE description)

  1. 1. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard and locate the Apa Banner Slider plugin under Plugins.
  2. 2. Check the current installed version of Apa Banner Slider to confirm it is version 1.0.0 or below.
  3. 3. Visit the official WordPress plugin repository or the plugin developer's website to search for a newer version that addresses CVE-2024-49622.
  4. 4. If a fixed version is available, update the plugin to that version through the WordPress plugin updater or by uploading the new version manually.
  5. 5. Verify the update was successful by confirming the new version number in the Plugins section.
  6. 6. Test the banner slider functionality to ensure the update did not break expected features.
  7. 7. If no fixed version is available from the developer, consider removing the plugin and seeking an alternative banner slider solution, as the CSRF vulnerability poses a significant security risk.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Apa Banner Slider Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
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