CVE-2024-34809 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-34809: WordPress EmpowerWP theme <= 1.0.21 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Extend Themes

Product EmpowerWP

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published May 17, 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 Extend Themes EmpowerWP.This issue affects EmpowerWP: from n/a through 1.0.21.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

EmpowerWP versions up to 1.0.21 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

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 content if an admin visits a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged into WordPress and visit an attacker-controlled page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 17, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34809 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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