CVE-2024-54248
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 eewee eewee admin custom eewee-admincustom allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects eewee admin custom: from n/a through <= 1.8.2.4.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the eewee-admincustom WordPress plugin allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into performing unintended privilege escalation actions. The lack of anti-CSRF token validation on sensitive admin functions enables attackers to potentially create new administrative accounts or modify user permissions through maliciously crafted 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 eewee-admincustom plugin filesCheck your WordPress installation at wp-content/plugins/ for a directory named 'eewee-admincustom' or similar. Use file explorer, FTP, or SSH to list the plugins folder contents.Affected if The eewee-admincustom plugin directory exists in wp-content/plugins/
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually eewee-admincustom.php) and look for the version comment header, or check the readme.txt file for the 'Stable tag' or 'Version' field.Affected if The version displayed cannot be confirmed as patched or the version is unknown/unstated
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Confirm if the plugin is activeLog into WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for eewee-admincustom in the list and verify its status is 'Active'. Alternatively, query the wp_options table for the option_name 'active_plugins'.Affected if The plugin appears as 'Active' in the WordPress admin plugins list or is present in the active_plugins option
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Examine admin functions for CSRF protectionReview the plugin source code in the eewee-admincustom directory. Search for wp_nonce_field, check_admin_referer, or wp_verify_nonce around functions that create users, modify roles, or change permissions. Common files to inspect include admin*.php or *-admin.php files.Affected if Sensitive user management functions (creating admins, modifying roles) lack nonce verification code or use nonce checks inconsistently
If eewee-admincustom is installed, active, and its code lacks proper nonce validation on privilege-related admin actions, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2024-54248.
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 (wp_nonce_field) on all forms and AJAX actions performing privilege-related operations, and verify these nonces using check_admin_referer() or wp_verify_nonce() before processing requests. Update to a patched version when available.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-54248 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.
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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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