CVE-2024-31938 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-31938: WordPress NewsXpress theme <= 1.0.7 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Themeinwp

Product NewsXpress

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published April 15, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Themeinwp NewsXpress.This issue affects NewsXpress: from n/a through 1.0.7.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

NewsXpress versions up to 1.0.7 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unwanted actions on behalf of site visitors. An attacker can craft a malicious link or page that, when visited by a logged-in user, triggers unintended changes to the site. The vulnerability requires user interaction but does not require authentication.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a site visitor into performing unwanted actions, such as modifying settings or content, without their knowledge.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Visitors' accounts could be used to make unauthorized changes to your site if they click malicious links while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A logged-in site visitor must click a malicious link or visit an attacker-controlled page while authenticated.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 15, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31938 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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