CVE-2024-51652
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 marckocher Skip To skip-to allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Skip To: from n/a through <= 2.0.0.
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 confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the Skip To WordPress plugin (versions <= 2.0.0) allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that result in Stored XSS. Attackers can craft malicious pages that, when visited by logged-in admins, inject persistent malicious scripts through the plugin's settings forms.
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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
- 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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Verify Skip To plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'skip-to' or similar, or view installed plugins in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The Skip To plugin appears in the list of installed WordPress plugins
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Check installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (typically skip-to.php or index.php inside the plugin folder) and locate the 'Version' header comment in the file metadataAffected if The reported version is 2.0.0 or any version lower than 2.0.0 (the vulnerability affects versions <= 2.0.0)
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Confirm plugin settings functionality existsLog in to WordPress admin panel and navigate to the plugin settings page (usually under Settings or the plugin's own admin menu item) to verify the settings form is accessibleAffected if The plugin settings form is present and accessible to administrator users (the XSS is injected through these settings forms)
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Review existing admin user sessions and accessIn WordPress admin, go to Users > All Users and review administrator accounts. Check for any unexpected administrative accounts or suspicious session activityAffected if Multiple administrator accounts exist or there are signs of compromised admin accounts that could indicate exploitation
You are affected if the Skip To plugin version 2.0.0 or lower is installed and its settings forms are accessible to administrator users in your WordPress environment.
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 dataDisable or remove the plugin until a security patch is available. If the plugin must remain in use, restrict administrative access to trusted personnel only and monitor for suspicious form submissions.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-51652 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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