How severe is CVE-2024-12545?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12545 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Akashmalik Scratch & Win – Giveaways And Contests. Boost Subscribers, Traffic, Repeat Visits, Referrals, Sales More

CVE-2024-12545

The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the reset_installation() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin’s installation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2025-01-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cbc157b-4f1b-4212-9e5c-dd10d… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/scratch-win-giveaways-for-website-facebook/t… (Product)
wordpress.org/plugins/scratch-win-giveaways-for-website-facebook/ (Release Notes)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3212730/ (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12545?: CVE-2024-12545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akashmalik Scratch & Win – Giveaways And Contests. Boost Subscribers, Traffic, Repeat Visits, Referrals, Sales More, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-12545?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12545 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.