CVE-2024-1906

Summary

CVE-2024-1906 is a vulnerability affecting the Categorify plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.0.7.4. The vulnerability is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the categorifyAjaxAddCategory function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to add categories through forged requests if they can deceive a site administrator into taking action, such as clicking on a link. The risk score for this vulnerability is 15, indicating a medium base severity level. The exploitability score is 2.8, and no privileges are required for the attack. User interaction is required, and the attack vector is through the network. The potential impact of this vulnerability includes low integrity impact and no confidentiality impact, with an availability impact of none. Remediation measures should be taken promptly to address this vulnerability and prevent potential unauthorized category additions by attackers.

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