CVE-2024-13437: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in chuhpl Book a Room
The Book a Room plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'bookaroom_Settings' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings 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
CVE-2024-13437 is a CSRF vulnerability in the Book a Room plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.9. The issue arises from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'bookaroom_Settings' page, enabling attackers to perform unauthorized settings changes by leveraging an administrator's authenticated session through social engineering. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3, reflecting low complexity and no required privileges but requiring user interaction.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause an authenticated administrator to unknowingly modify the plugin's settings via a forged request. This could lead to unauthorized configuration changes but does not directly impact confidentiality or availability. The impact is limited to integrity with low severity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into WordPress with administrative privileges. Monitoring official chuhpl or WordPress plugin sources for updates is recommended.
CVE-2024-13437: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in chuhpl Book a Room
Description
The Book a Room plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'bookaroom_Settings' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-13437 is a CSRF vulnerability in the Book a Room plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.9. The issue arises from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'bookaroom_Settings' page, enabling attackers to perform unauthorized settings changes by leveraging an administrator's authenticated session through social engineering. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3, reflecting low complexity and no required privileges but requiring user interaction.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause an authenticated administrator to unknowingly modify the plugin's settings via a forged request. This could lead to unauthorized configuration changes but does not directly impact confidentiality or availability. The impact is limited to integrity with low severity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into WordPress with administrative privileges. Monitoring official chuhpl or WordPress plugin sources for updates is recommended.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-01-15T20:28:17.380Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e57b7ef31ef0b59e8fc
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:49:11 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 6:36:03 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 2:04:14 PM
Views: 17
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