Banner Effect Header <= 1.2.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2015-0920
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published January 2, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Ashiyane Digital Security Team
Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Banner Effect Header plugin 1.2.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the banner_effect_email parameter in the BannerEffectOptions page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug banner-effect-header (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.8
Patched Version
  • 1.2.8
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