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CVE-2024-3050: site reviews vulnerability
CVE-2024-3050: critical vulnerability affecting site reviews. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL
- EPSS
- 44.46%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- site reviews
What is known
The Site Reviews WordPress plugin before 7.0.0 retrieves client IP addresses from potentially untrusted headers, allowing an attacker to manipulate its value. This may be used to bypass IP-based blocking
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-3050, a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) affecting site reviews, 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 site reviews 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.