CVE-2024-52451 HIGH

CVE-2024-52451: WordPress Post Ideas plugin <= 2 - CSRF to SQL Injection vulnerability

Vendor Aaronrobbins

Product Post Ideas

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published November 20, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

8.2/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in aaronrobbins Post Ideas post-ideas allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Post Ideas: from n/a through <= 2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Post Ideas versions 2 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of a logged-in user. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the victim must visit a malicious page while authenticated. An attacker can read sensitive information and cause service disruption, though they cannot modify data directly.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on behalf of a logged-in user, read sensitive data, and cause service disruption.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' accounts can be compromised to perform unwanted actions; sensitive data may be exposed.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled page or link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

November 20, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52451 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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