What is CVE-2024-8243?

CVE-2024-8243 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Felixker Wordpress\/plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-8243?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Felixker Wordpress\/plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin

CVE-2024-8243

The WordPress/Plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.002 (4.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Felixker Wordpress\/plugin_upgrade_time_out_plugin
Unknown Wordpress/plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8243?: CVE-2024-8243 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Felixker Wordpress\/plugin Upgrade Time Out Plugin, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-8243?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.