CVE-2024-56005
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 Posti Posti Shipping posti-shipping allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Posti Shipping: from n/a through <= 3.10.3.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Posti Shipping WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended state-changing actions (such as modifying shipping settings or placing orders) by exploiting the lack of anti-CSRF token validation on form submissions and AJAX endpoints.
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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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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Confirm Posti Shipping plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Posti Shipping' or check for the /wp-content/plugins/posti-shipping/ directory on the serverAffected if The Posti Shipping plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, click the 'View details' link on Posti Shipping to display the version number, or grep the main plugin file for 'Version:' in the file headerAffected if The installed version matches or falls within the affected version range (if known), or cannot be determined
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Verify plugin is activeIn WordPress admin > Plugins, check if Posti Shipping shows as 'Active' under the plugin status columnAffected if The plugin is activated and handling shipping requests
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Inspect form handlers for missing CSRF tokensUsing a file search or code editor, examine the plugin PHP files for form processing code and search for the absence of wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, or wp_create_nonce in functions that handle state-changing POST requestsAffected if Form submission handlers accept and process requests without validating a nonce token
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Inspect AJAX handlers for missing CSRF tokensSearch plugin PHP files for add_action('wp_ajax_') hooks and verify that the corresponding handler functions call wp_verify_nonce or check_ajax_referer before processing requestsAffected if AJAX endpoints process requests without verifying a nonce token
The environment is affected if the Posti Shipping plugin is active and its form or AJAX handlers lack nonce validation, regardless of version status.
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 nonce tokens (wp_create_nonce/wp_verify_nonce) on all forms and AJAX actions within the plugin, and verify the 'action' parameter matches expected values before processing any state-changing requests.
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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.
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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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