What is CVE-2024-3971?

CVE-2024-3971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Davidjmiller Similarity, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-3971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Davidjmiller Similarity

CVE-2024-3971

The Similarity WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not have CSRF check in place when resetting its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin reset them via a CSRF attack

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2024-06-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.8% 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

Davidjmiller Similarity
Similarity — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/5dec5719-105d-4989-a97f-bda04d223322/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-3971?: CVE-2024-3971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Davidjmiller Similarity, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-3971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.