CVE-2024-37198 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-37198: WordPress Digital Newspaper theme <= 1.1.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Blazethemes

Product Digital Newspaper

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published June 21, 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 blazethemes Digital Newspaper.This issue affects Digital Newspaper: from n/a through 1.1.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Digital Newspaper versions up to 1.1.5 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 and does not expose sensitive data, but can modify site content or settings.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in user into performing unwanted actions on the site, such as changing settings or content.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Site content or settings could be altered without your knowledge if users are tricked into visiting malicious links.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 21, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37198 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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