CVE-2024-0858
📋 TL;DR
The Innovs HR WordPress plugin through version 1.0.3.4 lacks Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection on certain endpoints, allowing attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unauthorized actions. This affects WordPress sites using the vulnerable plugin version, potentially enabling attackers to add themselves as employees or perform other administrative actions without consent.
💻 Affected Systems
- Innovs HR WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Innovs Hr by Theinnovs
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could gain administrative access to the HR system, manipulate employee data, escalate privileges, or perform other unauthorized administrative actions through compromised user sessions.
Likely Case
Attackers add themselves as employees to gain access to sensitive HR data or system functionality, potentially leading to data theft or further system compromise.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protection and user awareness, the attack would fail as requests would require valid tokens and user interaction confirmation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated users into visiting malicious pages while logged into the WordPress admin.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.3.5 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f6627a35-d158-495e-9d56-69405cfca221/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Innovs HR plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install latest version from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the Innovs HR plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate innovs-hr
CSRF Protection via WAF
allConfigure Web Application Firewall to block CSRF attempts
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls and monitor for unauthorized employee additions
- Educate users about CSRF risks and safe browsing practices while logged into admin
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Innovs HR version 1.0.3.4 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get innovs-hr --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.0.3.5 or later in WordPress admin plugins page📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple employee additions from same IP in short timeframe
- Unauthorized user agent patterns in WordPress logs
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to innovs-hr endpoints without referrer headers or CSRF tokens
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "innovs-hr" AND ("employee_add" OR "admin-ajax.php")