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CVE-2024-56204 (GCVE-0-2024-56204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-31 13:26 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:10

Title

WordPress Sinking Dropdowns plugin <= 1.25 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in yonisink Sinking Dropdowns sinking-dropdowns allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Sinking Dropdowns: from n/a through <= 1.25.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-31 15:13 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
yonisink	Sinking Dropdowns	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.25 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2026-04-01 16:31

Credits

Mika | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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FKIE_CVE-2024-56204

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-31 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:11

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in yonisink Sinking Dropdowns sinking-dropdowns allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Sinking Dropdowns: from n/a through <= 1.25.

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/sinking-dropdowns/vulnerability/wordpress-sinking-dropdowns-plugin-1-25-csrf-to-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-XVG7-RJ7X-J6GM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-31 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:32

Details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Yonatan Reinberg of Social Ink Sinking Dropdowns allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Sinking Dropdowns: from n/a through 1.25.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-56204 (GCVE-0-2024-56204)

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