CVE-2019-11886

Public Exploit

Description

The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before 7.2.1 for WordPress allows yp_option_update CSRF, as demonstrated by use of yp_remote_get to obtain admin access.

References

Link	Tags
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9256
https://wordpress.org/plugins/yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer/#developers	third party advisory release notes
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/04/zero-day-vulnerability-in-yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer-exploited-in-the-wild/	third party advisory exploit
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/09/recently-closed-visual-css-style-editor-wordpress-plugin-contains-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-that-leads-to-option-update-vulnerability/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-11886?: CVE-2019-11886 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-11886?: To fix CVE-2019-11886, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-11886 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-11886 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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Description

Category

CWE-352 – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

Frequently Asked Questions