CVE-2024-52446
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 Buying Buddy Buying Buddy IDX CRM buying-buddy-idx-crm allows Object Injection.This issue affects Buying Buddy IDX CRM: from n/a through <= 1.2.8.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Buying Buddy IDX CRM plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions that result in PHP Object Injection via insecure deserialization of user-supplied data. The lack of CSRF tokens on sensitive endpoints enables forged requests.
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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
- 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Buying Buddy IDX CRM pluginIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Buying Buddy IDX CRM' or 'idx-buddy'. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'idx-buddy', 'buying-buddy', or similar.Affected if The plugin folder is not found in the expected directory or the plugin does not appear in the WordPress plugins list.
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Identify the installed version numberIn WordPress admin, find the plugin in Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for the version number displayed under the plugin name. Alternatively, check the plugin's main PHP file header for the 'Version' tag, typically found in the plugin's root file.Affected if Unable to determine the version number from the plugin metadata.
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Compare version to the fixed releaseCompare the installed version to 1.2.9. If the installed version is lower (e.g., 1.2.8, 1.2.7, etc.) or if the version cannot be determined, the vulnerability may be present.Affected if Installed version is lower than 1.2.9 or cannot be verified.
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Verify the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, check the Plugins list to confirm the Buying Buddy IDX CRM plugin shows as 'Active' under its status.Affected if The plugin is installed but not currently activated.
You are affected if the Buying Buddy IDX CRM plugin is active and the installed version is below 1.2.9, as this version range contains the CSRF vulnerability leading to PHP Object Injection.
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 synchronizer token pattern (CSRF tokens) on state-changing operations and fix the object injection by validating/sanitizing input before deserialization or avoiding PHP unserialize() on untrusted data entirely. Upgrade to version 1.2.9 or later if available.
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- Testing3.0 h
- 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.
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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.
- 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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