PT-2019-7456 · WordPress · Ad Inserter

Published 2019-10-22 · Updated 2019-10-23 · CVE-2015-9497

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ad-inserter plugin versions prior to 1.5.3

Description The issue concerns a CSRF vulnerability with resultant XSS in the ad-inserter plugin for WordPress. This can be exploited via the "wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ad-inserter.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.3, update to version 1.5.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ad-inserter.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9497

Affected Products

Ad Inserter

References · 5

• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131798 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9497 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7571 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9497 · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7974 · Note