CSRF in Wp Smiley Project
CVE-2015-4140
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Smiley plugin 1.4.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of editors for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the s4w-more parameter to the smilies4wp.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Wp Smiley Project — versions 1.4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/2 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74914 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/1 (mailing-list, Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-4140?
- CVE-2015-4140 is a vulnerability in Wp Smiley Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2015-06-18.
- Is CVE-2015-4140 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.