What is CVE-2024-8157?

CVE-2024-8157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Web-Argument Alphabetical List, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-8157?

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

Is CVE-2024-8157 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Web-Argument Alphabetical List

CVE-2024-8157

The Alphabetical List WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2024-11-21 · 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 (11.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.1% 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

Web-Argument Alphabetical List
Alphabetical List — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/9bc18c41-fc4c-48c9-bcec-323c502ae620/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8157?: CVE-2024-8157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Web-Argument Alphabetical List, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-8157?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8157 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.