What is CVE-2024-9649?

CVE-2024-9649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alimir Wp Ulike – Like & Dislike Buttons For Engagement And Feedback, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-9649?

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

Is CVE-2024-9649 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Alimir Wp Ulike – Like & Dislike Buttons For Engagement And Feedback

CVE-2024-9649

The WP ULike – The Ultimate Engagement Toolkit for Websites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_ulike_delete_history_api() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete engagements 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)

Published 2024-10-16 · 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 (12.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.0% 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

Alimir Wp Ulike – Like & Dislike Buttons For Engagement And Feedback — versions 0
Wpulike Wp Ulike

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3fcb35f8-ed88-4440-8cdf-95c1f… (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/WordpressPluginDirectory/wp-ulike/blob/fd5eb54948cc1af9c348530a3cbd8… (Product)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9649?: CVE-2024-9649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alimir Wp Ulike – Like & Dislike Buttons For Engagement And Feedback, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-9649?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9649 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.