WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-5167 Analyzed

CM Email Registration Blacklist and Whitelist: Cross-site request forgery

CM Email Registration Blacklist and Whitelist is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 8.1 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
CM Email Registration Blacklist and Whitelist
Plugin slug
cm-e-mail-blacklist
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jul 13, 2024
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Jul 13, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update CM Email Registration Blacklist and Whitelist to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The CM Email Registration Blacklist and Whitelist WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 does not have CSRF check when adding or deleting an item from the blacklist or whitelist, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin add or delete settings from the blacklist or whitelist menu via a CSRF attack

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources