Settings modification via faulty nonce validation
Published Mar 29, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Marubon Pocket News Generator 0.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to update plugin settings. The option_page() handler processes settings-changing requests without correctly validating a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in site administrator to submit the forged request, and the reported consequence is altered plugin configuration.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Marubon Pocket News Generator 0.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to update plugin settings. The option_page() handler processes settings-changing requests without correctly validating a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in site administrator to submit the forged request, and the reported consequence is altered plugin configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-2964
- Published
- Mar 29, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Marubon
- Product
- Pocket News Generator
- Classifications
- CWE-352
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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