CVE-2024-43295

WP Data Access <= 5.5.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2024-08-16 00:00
Ananda Dhakal

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.5.9
Affected Plugin
WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Charts, Maps & Dashboards
Affected Version
<= 5.5.7
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE
CVE-2024-43295
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At a glance

CVE-2024-43295 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Data Access WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.5.7. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.5.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by Ananda Dhakal.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Data Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.5.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the backup_page() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger backups via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site.

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

WP Data Access <= 5.5.7 carries this weakness at backup_page(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site request forgery abuses the fact that browsers attach a victim's cookies to any request, so a state-changing action that only checks who you are, not whether you meant to act, can be triggered from another site.

An attacker who gets a logged-in user to load a crafted page can perform that action as them, with the impact scaling to whatever the victim's role is allowed to do. For WP Data Access the fix is 5.5.9: builds <= 5.5.7 are affected, anything from 5.5.9 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.5.9, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WP Data Access: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Data Access 5.5.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43295https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85a33508-71f2-4aa1-8d51-667eb0690fbdhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43295

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