CVE-2024-54399
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 CRUDLab CRUDLab Google Plus Button crudlab-google-plus allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CRUDLab Google Plus Button: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
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 · high confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CRUDLab Google Plus Button plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests that inject and store XSS payloads. The lack of anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on state-changing operations enables this attack vector.
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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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Check if CRUDLab Google Plus Button plugin is installedNavigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in WordPress admin, or check for the plugin directory at /wp-content/plugins/ via file system accessAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list or the plugin directory exists on the server
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Identify the installed plugin versionAccess the plugin file header (usually index.php or main plugin file) and locate the 'Version' field in the plugin comment block, or view version in WordPress plugin admin pageAffected if A version number is displayed and can be compared to any officially released fix version
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Verify WordPress nonce implementation on plugin admin pagesView page source of the plugin admin settings page; search for 'wp_nonce' or '_wpnonce' fields in any forms or AJAX requestsAffected if No nonce fields are found in forms that change plugin settings or store data
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Check plugin PHP source for nonce verificationAccess plugin PHP files via file manager or FTP; search for 'wp_verify_nonce' or 'check_admin_referer' function calls before any insert/update database operationsAffected if State-changing operations (database inserts/updates) lack nonce verification calls
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Determine if you are an authenticated administratorLog into WordPress admin panel and confirm you have administrator-level privilegesAffected if You are logged in as an administrator and the plugin is active - this makes you a potential CSRF target
You are affected if the CRUDLab Google Plus Button plugin is installed and active on your WordPress site, you have administrator access, and the plugin lacks nonce protection on its admin forms (visible via code inspection or source review).
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, and verify these nonces on the server side before processing any state-changing requests. Additionally, apply proper output encoding when displaying any stored data.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-54399 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.
- 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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