CVE-2024-38778 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-38778: WordPress WP Fast Total Search <= 1.69.234 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Epsiloncool

Product WP Fast Total Search

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 2, 2025

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 Epsiloncool WP Fast Total Search fulltext-search.This issue affects WP Fast Total Search: from n/a through <= 1.69.234.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WP Fast Total Search versions up to 1.69.234 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of site administrators. An attacker can craft a malicious link or page that, when visited by an admin, executes unwanted changes to the plugin's settings or configuration. No authentication is required from the attacker, but the admin must click the link or visit the page.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on the site by tricking an admin into clicking a malicious link.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Plugin settings or configuration could be changed without your knowledge if you click a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must visit attacker-controlled page or click a malicious link; no special access required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 2, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38778 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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