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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2024-52451

HIGH · 8.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-11-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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89/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in aaronrobbins Post Ideas post-ideas allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Post Ideas: from n/a through <= 2.

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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Post Ideas WordPress plugin (versions <=2) enables attackers to trick authenticated users into executing malicious requests that result in SQL injection. The CSRF flaw serves as the attack vector to bypass authentication and inject malicious SQL queries through plugin endpoints.

MitigationUpdate the Post Ideas plugin to the latest patched version. If no patch is available, implement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations and refactor database queries to use parameterized queries/prepared statements to mitigate the SQL injection component.

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
High
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Post Ideas plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins and look for 'Post Ideas' in the installed plugins list, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a post-ideas folder
    Affected if The plugin is present in the plugins directory or listed in WordPress admin
  2. Check the installed version number
    In WordPress Admin > Plugins, click on the plugin name to view details, or open the main plugin PHP file (e.g., post-ideas.php) and look for the 'Version' header comment in the plugin file
    Affected if The reported version is 2 or lower (versions <=2 are affected)
  3. Verify if the plugin is active
    In WordPress Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, check if 'Post Ideas' shows as 'Active'
    Affected if The plugin is currently active and the version is 2 or lower
  4. Inspect plugin endpoints for CSRF protection
    Examine the plugin source code for state-changing operations (POST/GET requests that modify data) and check if they include nonce validation or anti-CSRF tokens. Look for wp_nonce_field, wp_verify_nonce, or check_admin_referer calls in the plugin's PHP files
    Affected if State-changing plugin endpoints lack nonce verification or anti-CSRF token validation
  5. Check database query handling
    Review the plugin's PHP files for direct SQL query construction (wpdb->prepare, $wpdb->query with concatenated strings) to see if queries use parameterized queries or prepared statements
    Affected if Database queries rely on string concatenation instead of prepared statements, making SQL injection possible if CSRF is exploited

You are affected if the Post Ideas plugin is installed, active, and running at version 2 or lower without proper CSRF protections on its endpoints.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update the Post Ideas plugin to the latest patched version. If no patch is available, implement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations and refactor database queries to use parameterized queries/prepared statements to mitigate the SQL injection component.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Latest version of Post Ideas plugin after 2.x (check WordPress plugin repository for version 2.x or higher with security fix)

  1. 1. Check the current installed version of the Post Ideas plugin by aaronrobbins
  2. 2. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins
  3. 3. If an update to Post Ideas is available, update to the latest version that addresses CVE-2024-52451
  4. 4. Verify the update was successful and the plugin is functioning correctly
  5. 5. Test that the CSRF protection is working as expected

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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