CVE-2024-43947 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-43947: WordPress WP Armour Extended plugin <= 1.26 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Dinesh Karki

Product WP Armour Extended

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published August 29, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

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:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Dinesh Karki WP Armour Extended.This issue affects WP Armour Extended: from n/a through 1.26.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WP Armour Extended versions up to 1.26 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 site's configuration or data. 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

Site configuration or data could be altered without your knowledge if an admin visits a malicious page.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

An administrator must visit a page or click a link controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 29, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43947 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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