CVE-2024-51657
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 Woopy Plugins SmartLink Dynamic URLs smartlink-dinamic-urls allows Stored XSS.This issue affects SmartLink Dynamic URLs: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.
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 · high confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the SmartLink Dynamic URLs WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.1.0) allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that inject XSS payloads into the database. These stored XSS payloads then execute when other users view 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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Confirm SmartLink Dynamic URLs plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'SmartLink Dynamic URLs' in the list. Note the version number displayed.Affected if Plugin is installed and version is 1.1.0 or lower (any version up to and including 1.1.0)
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Verify the vulnerable version rangeCompare the installed version number to the affected range. The plugin version is typically shown next to the plugin name on the Plugins page.Affected if Installed version is 1.1.0 or any earlier version (e.g., 1.0.9, 1.0.0)
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Identify if plugin settings store user-supplied dataAccess the plugin settings page (usually under Settings > SmartLink Dynamic URLs or a dedicated plugin menu). Look for fields that accept and save URL parameters, dynamic content, or user input that gets stored in the database.Affected if Plugin settings contain fields that accept and persist user input without sanitization (the vulnerable feature)
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Search database for XSS payload patternsQuery the WordPress database (typically via phpMyAdmin or wp cli db query) for suspicious patterns in plugin-related tables. Look for common XSS indicators like <script, javascript:, onerror=, onload=, and img src= in fields that store plugin-generated content.Affected if Database contains stored XSS payloads in plugin-related tables that could execute when content is viewed
User is affected if SmartLink Dynamic URLs plugin version 1.1.0 or earlier is installed and the plugin stores user-supplied input that could contain malicious scripts, or if suspicious XSS payloads are already present in the database.
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) on all state-changing forms and validate Origin/Referer headers to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks that lead to stored XSS injection.
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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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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
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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