CVE-2024-37493 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-37493: WordPress Posterity theme <= 3.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Sonalsinha21

Product Posterity

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 2, 2025

Last update May 11, 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 sonalsinha21 Posterity posterity allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Posterity: from n/a through <= 3.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Posterity versions 3.3 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the victim must visit the attacker's page while authenticated to Posterity. No data is exposed, but the attacker can modify site content or settings.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on a user's Posterity site by tricking them into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Site content or settings could be modified without your knowledge if you visit a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must be logged into Posterity and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 2, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37493 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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