What is CVE-2024-9598?

CVE-2024-9598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-9598?

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

Is CVE-2024-9598 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages

CVE-2024-9598

The AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.99.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'proxy' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send the logged in user's cookies to their own server 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)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ampforwp Accelerated_mobile_pages
Mohammed_kaludi Amp For Wp – Accelerated Mobile Pages — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9598?: CVE-2024-9598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ampforwp Accelerated Mobile Pages, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-9598?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9598 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.