WP-Orphanage Extended <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Orphan Account Privilege Escalation
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 WP-Orphanage Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wporphanageex_menu_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate the privileges of all orphan accounts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meloniq | WP-Orphanage Extended | up to 1.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP-Orphanage Extended Vendormeloniq Affected up to 1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:meloniq.net:wp-orphanage_extended:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:meloniq.net:wp-orphanage_extended:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11415
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgf6-fwmm-qf67
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f7ed6255-d8df-4f57-961b-1a0c21e352ac?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-orphanage-extended/trunk/wp-orphanage-extended-options.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3194570%40wp-orphanage-extended&new=3194570%40wp-orphanage-extended&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More meloniq vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-36486 WordPress AppMaps plugin <= 1.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-11415 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-11415 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pgf6-fwmm-qf67 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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