Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in PlugNedit Adaptive Editor for WordPress
CVE-2015-9422

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Plugnedit
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 September 2019

Summary

The PlugNedit Adaptive Editor plugin prior to version 6.2.0 for WordPress is susceptible to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exploit. Attackers can leverage this vulnerability to manipulate parameters in a request, such as 'plugnedit_width', 'pnemedcount', 'PlugneditBGColor', 'PlugneditEditorMargin', or 'plugneditcontent', through the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint. By executing a crafted request, an attacker may inject arbitrary scripts into the site, potentially allowing for further exploitation and unauthorized actions by unsuspecting users.

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8331
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https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugnedit/#developers
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http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_b5405e735cb605b2f...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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