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CVE-2015-9456

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

The orbisius-child-theme-creator plugin before 1.2.8 for WordPress has incorrect access control for file modification via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=orbisius_ctc_theme_editor_ajax&sub_cmd=save_file theme_1, theme_1_file, or theme_1_file_contents parameter.

Affected products

• Svetoslav Marinov (Slavi) Child Theme Creator: before 1.2.8 — fixed in 1.2.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Svetoslav Marinov (Slavi) Child Theme Creator 1.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_28c91eee00e8e4b5868ebc58b5b1f730.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/orbisius-child-theme-creator/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315
• http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_28c91eee00e8e4b5868ebc58b5b1f730.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/orbisius-child-theme-creator/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8315

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