CVE-2024-12220: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in theafricanboss SMS for WooCommerce
The SMS for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The SMS for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress contains a CSRF vulnerability (CWE-352) due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function in all versions up to 2.8.1. This flaw enables attackers to craft malicious requests that, if executed by an authenticated site administrator, could lead to unauthorized actions. The vulnerability is network exploitable without privileges but requires user interaction (UI:R). The impact includes limited confidentiality and integrity loss but no availability impact, reflected in a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of an authenticated administrator by tricking them into clicking a malicious link. This could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity compromise within the affected WordPress site. There is no indication of availability impact or widespread exploitation currently.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, administrators should exercise caution when interacting with untrusted links and consider implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the vulnerable plugin if feasible.
CVE-2024-12220: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in theafricanboss SMS for WooCommerce
Description
The SMS for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The SMS for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress contains a CSRF vulnerability (CWE-352) due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function in all versions up to 2.8.1. This flaw enables attackers to craft malicious requests that, if executed by an authenticated site administrator, could lead to unauthorized actions. The vulnerability is network exploitable without privileges but requires user interaction (UI:R). The impact includes limited confidentiality and integrity loss but no availability impact, reflected in a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of an authenticated administrator by tricking them into clicking a malicious link. This could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity compromise within the affected WordPress site. There is no indication of availability impact or widespread exploitation currently.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, administrators should exercise caution when interacting with untrusted links and consider implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the vulnerable plugin if feasible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-04T22:56:02.665Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e32b7ef31ef0b597996
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:48:34 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 12:39:07 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 7:57:44 AM
Views: 15
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