CVE-2024-3971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Similarity WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not have CSRF check in place when resetting its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin reset them via a CSRF attack

Published: 2024-06-14

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Similarity

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 3.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:davidjmiller:similarity:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00131.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5dec5719-105d-4989-a97f-bda04d223322/

History

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

Subscriptions

Davidjmiller Similarity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-14T06:00:03.148Z

Updated: 2025-03-13T21:21:14.103Z

Reserved: 2024-04-18T19:42:55.311Z

Link: CVE-2024-3971

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:26:57.245Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-14T06:15:12.250

Modified: 2025-03-13T22:15:14.350

Link: CVE-2024-3971

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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