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WordPress Plugin: ads-for-wp: CVE-2024-38751: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 11, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Google Adsense and Banner Ads by AdsforWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.9.28. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Solution

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