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

CVE-2024-56012

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-16
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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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 lizeipe Flash News / Post (Responsive) flashnews-fading-effect-pearlbells allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Flash News / Post (Responsive): from n/a through <= 4.1.

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 lizeipe Flash News / Post (Responsive) plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly executing privileged actions, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The lack of anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing requests enables malicious forced actions without the victim's consent.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers. Additionally, configure SameSite cookie attributes to further mitigate CSRF attacks.

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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
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 checks

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  1. Identify if lizeipe Flash News / Post plugin is installed
    Access your CMS admin panel (typically WordPress or similar) and navigate to the plugins section. Look for 'lizeipe Flash News / Post (Responsive)' in the list of installed plugins. Alternatively, check your web server's plugin directory for a folder named 'lizeipe-flash-news', 'lizeipe-post', or similar.
    Affected if The plugin appears in your installed plugins list and is activated.
  2. Inspect plugin admin forms for CSRF token fields
    Navigate to the plugin's admin interface (settings page, post creation, or any form within the plugin). View the page source (right-click > View Page Source) and search for 'csrf', 'token', 'nonce', or '_wpnonce' within the <form> tags. Check if a hidden input field containing a security token exists on state-changing forms.
    Affected if No CSRF token, nonce, or security token field is found in the plugin's admin forms.
  3. Verify CSRF token validation in plugin HTTP request handlers
    If you have access to the plugin source code, examine the PHP files that handle form submissions (usually files with 'submit', 'save', 'update', 'process' in the name). Look for calls to functions that validate CSRF tokens such as 'wp_verify_nonce', 'check_admin_referer', or custom validation logic.
    Affected if No token validation function is called in the form handling code, or validation is commented out.
  4. Check for SameSite cookie attributes on admin sessions
    Open your browser's developer tools (F12), go to the Application tab > Cookies. Visit your admin panel and check if the authentication cookie has a 'SameSite' attribute set. Also check if the plugin sets any custom cookies without SameSite attributes.
    Affected if Authentication cookies lack SameSite attribute, or the plugin sets cookies without CSRF protection.

Your environment is affected if the lizeipe Flash News / Post (Responsive) plugin is installed and its forms lack CSRF token validation on state-changing operations.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers. Additionally, configure SameSite cookie attributes to further mitigate CSRF attacks.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
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