CVE-2024-56222 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-56222: WordPress CodeBard Help Desk plugin <= 1.1.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Codebard

Product CodeBard Help Desk

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 31, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CodeBard CodeBard Help Desk codebard-help-desk allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects CodeBard Help Desk: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

CodeBard Help Desk 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 help desk system without the admin's knowledge or consent. This could result in unauthorized changes to help desk settings or data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in admin into performing unwanted actions on the help desk system via a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify help desk settings or data if they trick your admin into visiting a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

The victim must be logged into CodeBard Help Desk and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 31, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56222 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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