CVE-2024-32438 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-32438: WordPress SEO Booster plugin <= 3.8.9 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Cleverplugins.com

Product SEO Booster

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 cleverplugins.Com SEO Booster.This issue affects SEO Booster: from n/a through 3.8.9.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

SEO Booster through version 3.8.9 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while authenticated.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data through a logged-in admin's browser without the admin realizing it.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage; no special privileges or direct site access needed.

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-2024-32438 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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