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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-9990 · published 29 October 2024

CVE-2024-9990: Odude crypto tool cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Odude · Crypto Tool

The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.15. This is due to missing nonce validation in the 'crypto_connect_ajax_process::check' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.27% · top 82.2% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.27%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.15. This is due to missing nonce validation in the 'crypto_connect_ajax_process::check' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L31 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/crypto/tags/2.10/includes/class-crypto_connect_ajax_register.php#L65 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3180126/crypto#file33
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cea39157-94aa-4982-983e-9c3e4b1af86d?source=cve Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-9990), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.