CVE-2024-53711 HIGH

CVE-2024-53711: WordPress Hotlink2Watermark plugin <= 0.3.2 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Tranchesdunet

Product Hotlink2Watermark

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 2, 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 tranchesdunet Hotlink2Watermark hotlink2watermark allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Hotlink2Watermark: from n/a through <= 0.3.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Hotlink2Watermark versions 0.3.2 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 the site without the administrator's knowledge or consent. The attack requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated administrator into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data by exploiting an administrator's active session without their awareness.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

The site administrator must be logged in and visit a page controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 2, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53711 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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