CVE-2024-51641
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 Juan Camilo Advanced PDF Generator advanced-pdf-generator allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Advanced PDF Generator: from n/a through <= 0.4.0.
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 confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the Advanced PDF Generator plugin (versions <= 0.4.0) allows attackers to craft malicious requests that inject persistent XSS payloads into PDF generation settings. When administrators view the affected admin panels or generate PDFs, the stored script executes in their browser session.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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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Identify if Advanced PDF Generator plugin is installedCheck your CMS/plugin repository for the Advanced PDF Generator plugin presence. Common locations: WordPress wp-content/plugins/, Drupal modules/, or similar plugin directories.Affected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Determine installed plugin versionLocate the plugin version information in the plugin header, readme file, or version metadata (often in pluginname.php or composer.json)Affected if Version is 0.4.0 or lower
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Identify PDF generation settings storage locationExamine the database tables or configuration files where PDF generation settings are stored. Look for fields related to PDF templates, headers, footers, or custom CSS.Affected if Settings contain unsanitized user-supplied content that could contain script tags
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Inspect admin panels that handle PDF settingsAccess the plugin admin interface and check if forms for PDF configuration lack anti-CSRF token fields or have predictable token generation.Affected if State-changing forms lack CSRF token validation or use weak token mechanisms
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Check for stored XSS in PDF settingsReview stored configuration values in the database for any HTML/script tags in fields that should only contain safe text (e.g., examine PDF title, author, custom CSS fields).Affected if Any script or HTML tags are stored in PDF generation settings without proper sanitization
You are affected if the Advanced PDF Generator plugin version 0.4.0 or lower is installed and its PDF configuration forms lack CSRF protection, allowing stored XSS payloads to persist in settings.
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 forms and sanitize/escape all user-supplied input before storage and output rendering to prevent stored XSS execution.
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- 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-2024-51641 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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