Mesmerize <= 1.6.120 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cache Clearing

4.3
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-37431
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 28, 2024
Last Updated July 2, 2024
Researcher Dhabaleshwar Das

Description

The Mesmerize theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.120. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the after_setup_theme action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to clear the theme cache via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for Mesmerize

Software Type Theme
Software Slug mesmerize (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.124, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.120
Patched Version
  • 1.6.124

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