CVE-2014-9401 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in the WP Limit Posts Automatically plugin allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions to execute XSS attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-9401?
CVE-2014-9401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Limit Posts Automatically plugin 0.7 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the lpa_post_letters parameter in the wp-limit-posts-automatically.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9401?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wp Limit Posts Automatically Project Wp Limit Posts Automatically.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9401?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9401 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9401 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mrwv-wxq5-q8v6.