{"id":"CVE-2024-7568","aliases":["EUVD-2024-48467","GHSA-pvqw-crx4-ggmg"],"status":"published","title":"Favicon Generator \u003c= 1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion","description":"The Favicon Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the output_sub_admin_page_0 function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The plugin author deleted the functionality of the plugin to patch this issue and close the plugin, we recommend seeking an alternative to this plugin. CVE-2024-7864 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00265,"percentile":0.18563,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-352"],"published":"2024-08-24T02:02:31Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:20:27Z","products":[{"vendor":"brandondove","product":"favicon generator (closed)"},{"vendor":"pixeljar","product":"favicon_generator"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"favicon generator (closed)"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6eb3ad80-3510-4018-91af-b733ef62e28f?source=cve","tags":["Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3139340%40favicon-generator\u0026new=3139340%40favicon-generator\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=","tags":["Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7568"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pvqw-crx4-ggmg"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-7568","title":"Favicon Generator \u003c= 1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion","description":"The Favicon Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the output_sub_admin_page_0 function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The plugin author deleted the functionality of the plugin to patch this issue and close the plugin, we recommend seeking an alternative to this plugin. CVE-2024-7864 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-24T02:02:31.547Z","modified":"2026-04-08T16:59:44.423Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-352"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:21.025267Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-48467","description":"The Favicon Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the output_sub_admin_page_0 function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The plugin author deleted the functionality of the plugin to patch this issue and close the plugin, we recommend seeking an alternative to this plugin. CVE-2024-7864 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-24T02:02:31Z","modified":"2026-04-08T16:59:44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:54.279102Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-pvqw-crx4-ggmg","title":"The Favicon Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in...","description":"The Favicon Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the output_sub_admin_page_0 function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The plugin author deleted the functionality of the plugin to patch this issue and close the plugin, we recommend seeking an alternative to this plugin.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-24T03:30:32Z","modified":"2024-08-24T03:30:38Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-352"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:58:04.012722Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-7568","description":"The Favicon Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the output_sub_admin_page_0 function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The plugin author deleted the functionality of the plugin to patch this issue and close the plugin, we recommend seeking an alternative to this plugin. CVE-2024-7864 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-24T02:15:04.49Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:20:27.747Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-352"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:19.870727Z"}]}}