CVE-2015-9497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The ad-inserter plugin before 1.5.3 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ad-inserter.php.

Published: 2019-10-22

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ad_inserter_project:ad_inserter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-9337	The ad-inserter plugin before 1.5.3 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ad-inserter.php.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131798/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7974

History

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Subscriptions

Ad Inserter Project Ad Inserter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-10-22T20:34:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:51:05.232Z

Reserved: 2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-9497

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-22T21:15:10.173

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:36:38.850

Link: CVE-2015-9497

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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