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Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-50534 affects the WordPress World Prayer Time plugin through version 2.0. The reported issue lets an attacker abuse a logged-in user’s browser interaction to trigger cross-site scripting. For affected sites, this can expose user data, alter site content, or disrupt trust. No public source provided here confirms active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize this for WordPress properties using the affected plugin, especially public sites with authenticated administrators. The business risk is site tampering, user trust impact, and possible exposure of browser-session data. If the plugin is not present, no action is needed beyond documentation.
Technical view
The CVE describes a CSRF weakness in techdabang World Prayer Time, package world-prayer-time, affecting versions up to 2.0. The record assigns CVSS 3.1 score 7.1 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and required user interaction. Sources conflict on XSS type: the title says reflected XSS, while the description says stored XSS.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with the World Prayer Time plugin installed at version 2.0 or earlier. Sites without this plugin are not affected based on the provided sources. The source bundle does not identify a patched version.
Exploitation context
The vulnerability requires user interaction and is not listed in CISA KEV in the provided data. The CVSS vector indicates remote reachability and no attacker privileges, but successful exploitation depends on inducing a victim action in a browser context.
Researcher notes
The public record has an inconsistency: the title references CSRF to reflected XSS, while the description says CSRF allows stored XSS. Treat the XSS classification as uncertain unless confirmed by Patchstack or vendor details. No exploit code, active exploitation evidence, or fixed version is present in the supplied sources.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the World Prayer Time plugin.
- Identify installed plugin versions and flag version 2.0 or earlier.
- Check Patchstack and vendor guidance for fixed versions or official remediation.
- Disable or remove the plugin if no safe update is available.
- Restrict administrative access and reinforce anti-phishing controls for WordPress users.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether world-prayer-time is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record the installed plugin version for affected assets.
- Review WordPress logs for suspicious plugin-related requests or admin-session activity.
- Check whether security tooling reports CVE-2024-50534 on the asset.
- Verify remediation by confirming the plugin is updated, disabled, or removed.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L2.83.7PatchstackVulnerability scoring details
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7.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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