Visual CSS Style Editor <= 7.2.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2019-11886
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published April 11, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

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

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.2.1
Patched Version
  • 7.2.1
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