What is CVE-2024-38457?

CVE-2024-38457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xenforo, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-38457?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Xenforo

CVE-2024-38457

Xenforo before 2.2.16 allows CSRF.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2024-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.074 (94.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.074 · newest: 0.074 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xenforo

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

xenforo.com/community/threads/xenforo-2-1-15-patch-1-2-2-16-patch-2-and-xenforo… (Patch, Release Notes)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/11 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38457?: CVE-2024-38457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xenforo, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-38457?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.