CVE-2015-5483

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Private Only plugin 3.5.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add users, (2) delete posts, or (3) modify PHP files via unspecified vectors, or (4) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the po_logo parameter in the privateonly.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Affected products

Private Only Project Private Only: 3.5.1

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133349/WordPress-Private-Only-3.5.1-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/77
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfxss-vulnerability-in-private-only-could-allow-an-attacker-to-do-almost-anything-an-admin-user-can/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133349/WordPress-Private-Only-3.5.1-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/77
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfxss-vulnerability-in-private-only-could-allow-an-attacker-to-do-almost-anything-an-admin-user-can/

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