CVE-2024-11719: tarteaucitron-wp vulnerability

CVE-2024-11719: medium vulnerability affecting tarteaucitron-wp. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
CVE-2024-11719CVSS 6.1CMS

CVE-2024-11719: tarteaucitron-wp vulnerability

CVE-2024-11719: medium vulnerability affecting tarteaucitron-wp. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.

CVSS
6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS
4.6%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
tarteaucitron-wp

What is known

The tarteaucitron-wp WordPress plugin before 0.3.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-11719, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) affecting tarteaucitron-wp, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether tarteaucitron-wp is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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