Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via renderAdmin

6.5
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-24849
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 2, 2024
Last Updated February 5, 2024
Researcher Mika

Description

The Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'renderAdmin' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary site options 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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Vulnerability Details for Quicksand Post Filter jQuery Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug quicksand-jquery-post-filter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.1

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