CVE-2024-8197

Summary

CVE-2024-8197 identifies a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Visual Sound plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.03. This vulnerability arises from inadequate nonce validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings by tricking site administrators into executing malicious requests. The potential danger to organizations includes unauthorized changes to their WordPress configurations, which could undermine security and functionality. To remediate the issue, it is recommended that users update the plugin to a secure version where this vulnerability has been addressed. The exploitability score for this vulnerability is rated at 2.8, with a base severity classified as medium.

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