CVE-2024-54413
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 brandt-net Display Future Posts display-future-posts allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Display Future Posts: from n/a through <= 0.2.3.
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 confidenceThis is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the brandt-net 'Display Future Posts' WordPress plugin (versions <= 0.2.3). The CSRF flaw allows an attacker to trick an authenticated administrator into unknowingly submitting requests that result in Stored XSS, enabling malicious scripts to be persisted in the database and executed when other users view the affected content.
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
- 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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Identify if the brandt-net Display Future Posts plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Display Future Posts' or 'brandt-net Display Future Posts' in the installed plugins listAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check the installed plugin versionClick on the plugin in the WordPress plugins list to view its details, or inspect the plugin's main PHP file (usually in wp-content/plugins/display-future-posts/) for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if The reported version is 0.2.3 or lower
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Verify the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin > Plugins, check if the plugin is currently activated (the plugin must be active for the CSRF vulnerability to be exploitable)Affected if The plugin shows as 'Active'
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Inspect plugin settings for suspicious stored contentAccess the plugin's settings page (usually under Settings > Display Future Posts) and examine any fields where content can be saved; check the WordPress database table wp_options for plugin-related entries that may contain unsanitized script tagsAffected if Any fields contain unescaped HTML, script tags, or javascript: URLs that were not intentionally added by an administrator
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Review posts/pages for injected malicious scriptsExamine recently created or modified posts/pages for unexpected script tags, iframe elements, or event handlers (onload, onerror, etc.) in content fields, especially if the plugin manages future-post displayAffected if Any post content contains suspicious JavaScript code that was not authored by a trusted administrator
A user is affected if the brandt-net Display Future Posts plugin version 0.2.3 or lower is installed and active, regardless of whether exploitation has occurred.
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 AJAX actions, and ensure all user-supplied data is properly sanitized/escaped before storage and output. Users should update to a patched version if available or remove the plugin until fixed.
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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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