CVE-2024-0379: Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget <= 2.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Options Update
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-0379 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in smashballoon custom_twitter_feeds. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 20-02-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctf_auto_save_tokens function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the site's twitter API token and secret via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- wordfenceSource4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.00%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
62%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.00% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Smashballoon1 product
- custom_twitter_feeds< 2.2.2
Smub1 product
Wordpress1 product
- custom-twitter-feeds≤ 2.2.1 (fixed in 2.2.2)
3 vendors · 3 products