MainWP Child Reports <= 2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Update
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The MainWP Child Reports plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the network_options_action() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable on multisite instances.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7492
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3h99-h2p5-8p96
References
More Mainwp Child vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-02935 MainWP Child <= 4.4.1.1 - Information Disclosure via Back-Up Files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-07159 MainWP Child < 4.1.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2024-7492 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7492 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3h99-h2p5-8p96 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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