CVE-2024-49313 HIGH

CVE-2024-49313: WordPress VKontakte Wall Post plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Rudestan

Product VKontakte Wall Post

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published October 17, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in rudestan VKontakte Wall Post vkontakte-wall-post allows Stored XSS.This issue affects VKontakte Wall Post: from n/a through <= 2.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

VKontakte Wall Post versions 2.0 and earlier 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 their behalf. The attack requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. This vulnerability affects the integrity and availability of the 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 content or settings by exploiting an admin's active session without their knowledge.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled page; no special privileges required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 17, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49313 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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