CVE-2024-5076
📋 TL;DR
The wp-eMember WordPress plugin before version 10.6.6 lacks Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection on certain endpoints, allowing attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. This affects all WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the wp-eMember plugin. Attackers could exploit this to modify user accounts, change settings, or perform other administrative actions without the user's consent.
💻 Affected Systems
- wp-eMember WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Wp Emember by Tipsandtricks Hq
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could compromise administrator accounts, modify critical site settings, inject malicious code, or take over the entire WordPress site through forged requests.
Likely Case
Attackers would typically use this to modify user roles, change email settings, or perform actions that benefit their access or control over the site.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF tokens and validation, the vulnerability would be prevented, and only legitimate user-initiated actions would be processed.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated user into clicking a malicious link or visiting a compromised page.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 10.6.6
Vendor Advisory: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/01cbc841-a30f-4df5-ab7f-0c2c7469657b/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find wp-eMember plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. Alternatively, download version 10.6.6+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the wp-eMember plugin until patched to prevent exploitation.
wp plugin deactivate wp-eMember
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block CSRF attempts targeting wp-eMember endpoints.
- Restrict access to wp-eMember admin functions to trusted IP addresses only.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check wp-eMember plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins.Check Version:
wp plugin get wp-eMember --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 10.6.6 or higher after update.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to wp-eMember endpoints without referrer headers or CSRF tokens
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful actions
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to wp-eMember admin URLs with suspicious parameters from unexpected sources
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" OR uri_path CONTAINS "wp-eMember") AND http_method="POST" AND NOT (http_referer CONTAINS "your-domain.com")