CVE-2024-56206
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 krishankakkar gap-hub-user-role gap-hub-user-role allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects gap-hub-user-role: from n/a through <= 3.4.1.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the gap-hub-user-role WordPress plugin allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms. The vulnerability affects all versions through 3.4.1 and enables unauthenticated or unauthorized actions by tricking authenticated users into clicking malicious links.
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
- 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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Confirm plugin installation and versionAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate 'gap-hub-user-role' and note the installed version number shownAffected if The plugin is installed and the version is 3.4.1 or lower (the summary indicates all versions through 3.4.1 are affected)
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Locate plugin files for code inspectionAccess the plugin directory via file manager or FTP at wp-content/plugins/gap-hub-user-role/ and identify the main plugin PHP file containing the role management functionalityAffected if The plugin directory exists and contains PHP files handling user role changes or permission modifications
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Inspect state-changing functions for nonce validationOpen the main plugin PHP file and search for functions that modify user roles, capabilities, or plugin settings. Examine each function for the presence of 'wp_verify_nonce', 'check_admin_referer', or 'check_ajax_referer' calls at the function entry pointAffected if State-changing functions (role assignments, capability modifications) lack nonce verification logic
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Check form submissions for CSRF token fieldsExamine any HTML forms in the plugin that submit role or permission changes. Verify that each form includes a hidden nonce field (such as wp_create_nonce or a call to wp_nonce_field)Affected if Forms handling role or permission changes do not include nonce fields or tokens
You are affected if the gap-hub-user-role plugin is installed with version 3.4.1 or lower AND your environment contains role-changing operations that lack anti-CSRF nonce validation.
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 operations and validate the authentication workflow to prevent bypass. Update to the latest patched version when available.
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- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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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-2024-56206 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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