CVE-2024-54404 HIGH

CVE-2024-54404: WordPress MDC Comment Toolbar plugin <= 1.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Nazmul Ahsan

Product MDC Comment Toolbar

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 Nazmul Ahsan MDC Comment Toolbar mdc-comment-toolbar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects MDC Comment Toolbar: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

MDC Comment Toolbar versions 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 the site's data integrity and availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking a logged-in 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 browser session without their consent.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A logged-in site administrator must visit an attacker-controlled webpage; no special privileges required.

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-2024-54404 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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