CVE-2024-48047 Overview
CVE-2024-48047 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Razon Komar Pal Linked Variation for WooCommerce WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions up to and including 1.0.5. An attacker can trick an authenticated user into submitting forged requests that perform unintended actions on the vulnerable site. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-352 and requires user interaction to trigger. The Patchstack advisory published the issue on October 17, 2024.
Critical Impact
An attacker can leverage a crafted link or malicious page to force an authenticated WordPress user into unintended state-changing actions, resulting in limited integrity impact on the affected site.
Affected Products
- Razon Komar Pal Linked Variation for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress
- All versions from unspecified initial release through 1.0.5
- WordPress sites running WooCommerce with the affected plugin installed
Discovery Timeline
- 2024-10-17 - CVE-2024-48047 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2024-48047
Vulnerability Analysis
The Linked Variation for WooCommerce plugin fails to validate the origin and intent of incoming state-changing HTTP requests. Without a valid nonce or equivalent anti-CSRF token, the plugin processes requests based solely on the presence of an authenticated session cookie. This allows an attacker-controlled page to trigger privileged actions when visited by a logged-in WordPress administrator or user with sufficient permissions.
Exploitation requires user interaction, typically achieved by convincing a target to click a link or load a page containing the forged request. The attack succeeds over the network without requiring prior authentication or elevated privileges on the attacker's part. Impact is limited to integrity, with no direct confidentiality or availability consequences.
Root Cause
The root cause is the absence of proper CSRF protections such as WordPress's wp_nonce_field() and check_admin_referer() on plugin request handlers. WordPress provides native nonce APIs for this purpose, but the affected plugin versions do not enforce them across all state-changing endpoints. This aligns with the CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness pattern.
Attack Vector
An attacker crafts an HTML page or link containing an auto-submitting form or image tag that targets a vulnerable plugin endpoint. When an authenticated WordPress user visits the malicious page, the browser attaches valid session cookies to the forged request. The plugin then processes the request as legitimate, applying attacker-specified changes. Refer to the Patchstack CSRF Vulnerability Report for advisory details.
Detection Methods for CVE-2024-48047
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected configuration changes to Linked Variation for WooCommerce plugin settings without a corresponding admin action log entry
- WordPress access log entries showing POST requests to plugin endpoints with Referer headers pointing to unrelated external domains
- Administrator sessions initiating plugin state changes shortly after visiting external links or opening email content
Detection Strategies
- Inspect WordPress access logs for state-changing requests to plugin endpoints missing the expected _wpnonce parameter
- Correlate authenticated user activity with off-site Referer values in web server logs
- Enable WordPress audit logging plugins to record configuration changes tied to the affected plugin
Monitoring Recommendations
- Alert on plugin configuration modifications occurring outside scheduled maintenance windows
- Monitor administrator browsing behavior for visits to untrusted domains followed by admin panel activity
- Track installed plugin versions across WordPress deployments and flag any instance running 1.0.5 or earlier of Linked Variation for WooCommerce
How to Mitigate CVE-2024-48047
Immediate Actions Required
- Identify all WordPress installations running Linked Variation for WooCommerce and inventory their versions
- Deactivate the plugin on sites running version 1.0.5 or earlier until a patched release is verified
- Require administrators to log out of WordPress before browsing untrusted content and avoid maintaining active admin sessions during general web use
Patch Information
At the time of the NVD entry, no fixed version is documented in the referenced advisory beyond noting the vulnerability affects versions through 1.0.5. Site operators should consult the Patchstack CSRF Vulnerability Report for the latest patch status and upgrade to any subsequent release that explicitly addresses CVE-2024-48047.
Workarounds
- Remove or deactivate the Linked Variation for WooCommerce plugin until a fixed version becomes available
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule that blocks POST requests to the plugin's endpoints lacking a valid _wpnonce token
- Restrict administrative access using IP allowlists to limit exposure of privileged sessions to untrusted networks
- Enforce short session lifetimes and use separate browser profiles for WordPress administration
# Example: disable the vulnerable plugin via WP-CLI
wp plugin deactivate linked-variation-for-woocommerce
wp plugin list --name=linked-variation-for-woocommerce --fields=name,status,version
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