CVE-2024-54401 HIGH

CVE-2024-54401: WordPress Advanced Fancybox plugin <= 1.1.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Ciprian Turcu

Product Advanced Fancybox

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 16, 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 Ciprian Turcu Advanced Fancybox advanced-fancybox allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Advanced Fancybox: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Advanced Fancybox versions 1.1.1 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 their knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the admin must visit the attacker's page—but can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

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

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site content, settings, or user data by exploiting an admin's browser session.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must visit an attacker-controlled webpage while logged into the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 16, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54401 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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