FKIE_CVE-2014-9401

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-31 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129647/WordPress-WP-Limit-Posts-Automatically-0.7-CSRF-XSS.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99427
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129647/WordPress-WP-Limit-Posts-Automatically-0.7-CSRF-XSS.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99427
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wp_limit_posts_automatically_project wp_limit_posts_automatically *
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