CVE-2024-12545
Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_installation Function
The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the reset_installation() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin’s installation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via reset_installation Function
The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the reset_installation() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin’s installation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2024-12545- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-50946
The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the reset_installation() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin’s installation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
EUVD-2024-50946- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3j44-rhhg-r43v
The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals...
The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the reset_installation() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin’s installation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
GHSA-3j44-rhhg-r43v- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the reset_installation() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin’s installation via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2024-12545- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-12545 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Akashmalik Scratch & Win – Giveaways And Contests. Boost Subscribers, Traffic, Repeat Visits, Referrals, Sales And More, published January 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cbc157b-4f1b-4212-9e5c-dd10dd443df7?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/scratch-win-giveaways-for-website-facebook/tags/2.7.0/includes/swin-api.php
wordpress.org/plugins/scratch-win-giveaways-for-website-facebook
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12545
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j44-rhhg-r43v