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

9.8
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2019-11886
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published April 11, 2019
Last Updated December 5, 2022

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.

Wordfence blocked 22 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Visual CSS Style Editor

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 7.2.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 7.2.1
Patched Version
  • 7.2.1

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