wp-greet <= 6.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · 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 wp-greet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts 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
- 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-2024-13444
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvwv-8vjm-2v48
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dafc40bf-833a-4d42-b9bc-c7cf2b234ef5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-greet/trunk/wpg-form.php#L253
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-greet/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-greet/trunk/wpg-admin.php#L124
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-greet/trunk/wpg-admin.php#L350
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3225035/
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Sources
- CVE-2024-13444 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-13444 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mvwv-8vjm-2v48 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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