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CVE-2015-0920

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Banner Effect Header plugin 1.2.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the banner_effect_email parameter in the BannerEffectOptions page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Affected products

• Banner Effect Header Project Banner Effect Header: 1.2.6

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129804/WordPress-Banner-Effect-Header-1.2.6-XSS-CSRF.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99613
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99614
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129804/WordPress-Banner-Effect-Header-1.2.6-XSS-CSRF.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99613
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99614

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