What is CVE-2015-9440?

CVE-2015-9440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Monetize Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2015-9440?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-9440 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Monetize Project

CVE-2015-9440

The monetize plugin through 1.03 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via wp-admin/admin.php?page=monetize-zones-new.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-09-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Monetize Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/monetize/ (Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/133002/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9440?: CVE-2015-9440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Monetize Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2015-9440?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-9440 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.