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TI-2024-01405 Aliases CVE-2024-1504GHSA-494h-rf5r-q9v4

SecuPress Free — WordPress Security <= 2.2.5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Banned IP Address

Priority LOW 20CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the secupress_blackhole_ban_ip() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to block a user's IP via a forged request granted they can trick the user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00259 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
secupressSecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Securityup to 2.2.5.1—No fix listedCNA
  • SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security Vendorsecupress Affected up to 2.2.5.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:secupress:secupress:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*before 2.2.5.2Vulnerablesecupress
  • cpe:2.3:a:secupress:secupress:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.2.5.2 Vulnerable ·secupress

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1504
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-494h-rf5r-q9v4

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2025-22177 WordPress SecuPress Free plugin <= 2.2.5.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-08372 Cross-site scripting in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2025-03031 SecuPress Free <= 2.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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