CVE-2015-9423

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The PlugNedit Adaptive Editor plugin before 6.2.0 for WordPress has XSS via wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=simple_fields_field_type_post_dialog_load PlugneditBGColor, PlugneditEditorMargin, plugnedit_width, pnemedcount, or plugneditcontent parameters.

Affected products

Simplysymphony Plugnedit: before 6.2.0 — fixed in 6.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Simplysymphony Plugnedit 6.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_b5405e735cb605b2fd1a300bb8be4860.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugnedit/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8331
http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_b5405e735cb605b2fd1a300bb8be4860.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugnedit/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8331

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