Vernissage <= 1.2.9 - Arbitrary Options Update

8.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2015-9477
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published June 26, 2015
Last Updated February 3, 2023

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Vernissage - Photography WordPress Theme

Software Type Theme
Software Slug vernissage (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.9
Patched Version
  • 1.3

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