Vernissage <= 1.2.9 - Arbitrary Options Update

Improper Privilege Management

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2015-9477
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	June 26, 2015
Last Updated	January 22, 2024

Description

The Vernissage theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary option updates due to a missing capability check on the of_ajax_post_action AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to edit arbitrary site options which can be used to create administrator accounts.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Theme
Software Slug	vernissage (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.2.9
Patched Version	1.3

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