CVE-2024-7574: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in cyberfoxdigital Christmasify!
The Christmasify! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'options' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings and 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
CVE-2024-7574 identifies a CSRF vulnerability in the Christmasify! WordPress plugin by cyberfoxdigital, affecting versions up to 1.5.5. The issue arises from the lack of nonce validation on the 'options' function, enabling attackers to forge requests that an authenticated administrator might unknowingly execute. This can lead to unauthorized modification of plugin settings and injection of malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). No patch or vendor advisory is currently available, and no exploits have been observed in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to modify plugin settings and inject malicious scripts by tricking an authenticated site administrator into performing an action via a forged request. This can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity loss of the affected WordPress site. Availability is not impacted. The vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and no privileges (PR:N) but affects the security scope (S:C).
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 and consider disabling or removing the Christmasify! plugin if possible. Implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF attempts may provide temporary protection.
CVE-2024-7574: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in cyberfoxdigital Christmasify!
Description
The Christmasify! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'options' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings and 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
CVE-2024-7574 identifies a CSRF vulnerability in the Christmasify! WordPress plugin by cyberfoxdigital, affecting versions up to 1.5.5. The issue arises from the lack of nonce validation on the 'options' function, enabling attackers to forge requests that an authenticated administrator might unknowingly execute. This can lead to unauthorized modification of plugin settings and injection of malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). No patch or vendor advisory is currently available, and no exploits have been observed in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to modify plugin settings and inject malicious scripts by tricking an authenticated site administrator into performing an action via a forged request. This can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity loss of the affected WordPress site. Availability is not impacted. The vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and no privileges (PR:N) but affects the security scope (S:C).
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 and consider disabling or removing the Christmasify! plugin if possible. Implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF attempts may provide temporary protection.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-06T20:51:27.935Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6c1ab7ef31ef0b55ff56
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:39:38 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 8:19:45 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 5:14:42 PM
Views: 8
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