CVE-2024-53728 HIGH

CVE-2024-53728: WordPress Protect Your Content plugin <= 1.0.2 - CSRF to Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Oliver Lindner
Product Protect Your Content
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 Oliver Lindner Protect Your Content protect-your-content allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Protect Your Content: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Protect Your Content versions 1.0.2 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 admin's knowledge or consent. The attack requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators could unknowingly authorize changes, delete content, or modify settings if tricked into visiting a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage; no special privileges or direct site access required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 2, 2024 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

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