Privilege escalation in Admin Management Xtended Project
CVE-2015-9390
The admin-management-xtended plugin before 2.4.0.1 for WordPress has privilege escalation because wp_ajax functions are mishandled.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wordpress.org/plugins/admin-management-xtended/ (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- security.szurek.pl/admin-management-xtended-240-privilege-escalation.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-9390?
- CVE-2015-9390 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Admin Management Xtended Project, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-09-20.
- How severe is CVE-2015-9390?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-9390 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.