PT-2019-7382 · Plugnedit · Plugnedit Adaptive Editor

Published 2019-09-26 · Updated 2019-09-26 · CVE-2015-9423

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PlugNedit Adaptive Editor plugin versions prior to 6.2.0

Description The issue concerns a cross-site scripting (XSS) problem. It affects the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint, specifically when the action parameter is set to "simple fields field type post dialog load". The vulnerable parameters include PlugneditBGColor, PlugneditEditorMargin, plugnedit width, pnemedcount, and plugneditcontent.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.2.0, update to version 6.2.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "simple fields field type post dialog load" action in the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint until the update is applied. Avoid using the vulnerable parameters in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9423

Affected Products

Plugnedit Adaptive Editor

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8331 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_b5405e735cb605b2fd1a300bb8be4860.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9423 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7022 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9423 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugnedit/#developers · Note