CVE-2024-51656
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 litefeel Flash Show And Hide Box flash-show-and-hide-box allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Flash Show And Hide Box: from n/a through <= 1.6.
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 litefeel Flash Show And Hide Box WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.6) allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly submitting malicious requests that inject persistent JavaScript payloads (Stored XSS). The lack of anti-CSRF tokens on sensitive plugin actions enables cross-site request forgery, which then executes in the browsers of users viewing the affected content.
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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 plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Flash Show And Hide Box' or 'litefeel' in the plugin listAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list and is activated
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Check installed versionIn the plugins list, locate the version number displayed under the plugin name. Alternatively, open wp-content/plugins/flash-show-and-hide-box/flash-show-and-hide-box.php and check the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if The version is 1.6 or any version lower than 1.6 (the vulnerability affects versions up to 1.6)
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Inspect plugin for nonce validationExamine the plugin's PHP files for the presence of WordPress nonce verification (check for functions like wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, or nonces in form inputs). Focus on files handling form submissions and AJAX actionsAffected if No nonce verification code is found in the plugin's form handling or AJAX endpoints
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Identify exposed admin actionsReview the plugin's admin menu configuration and any registered admin_post hooks or AJAX endpoints. Check if sensitive actions (settings updates, content modifications) can be triggered without token verificationAffected if Plugin exposes admin actions (settings save, content updates) that do not require a valid nonce token for submission
If the Flash Show And Hide Box plugin is active at version 1.6 or below and lacks nonce validation on its admin actions, the environment is affected by this CSRF-to-Stored XSS vulnerability.
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 WordPress nonces on all form submissions and AJAX endpoints, validate user capabilities, and apply proper output encoding when displaying stored data to prevent XSS execution.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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