The BA Book Everything plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.20. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the my_account_update() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update a user's account details via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can be leveraged to reset a user's password and gain access to their account.
CVE-2024-8795 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin BA Book Everything. It affects Versions up to 1.6.20 and is fixed in 1.6.21.
CVE-2024-8795 is tracked for the Plugin BA Book Everything as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 1.6.20. Update BA Book Everything to 1.6.21 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
ba-book-everything
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-8795 |
| Patched Versions |
1.6.21
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.6.20
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
BA Book Everything <= 1.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
BA Book Everything <= 1.8.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via babe-search-form Shortcode
BA Book Everything <= 1.6.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
BA Book Everything <= 1.6.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
BA Book Everything <= 1.6.20 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset
BA Book Everything <= 1.6.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
BA Book Everything <= 1.8.16 - Missing Authorization
BA Book Everything Plugin < 1.3.25 - Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Frame Scripting
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