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CVE-2019-15816

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The wp-private-content-plus plugin before 2.0 for WordPress has no protection against option changes via save_settings_page and other save_ functions.

Affected products

• nimeshrmr WP Private Content Plus: before 2.0 — fixed in 2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nimeshrmr WP Private Content Plus 2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-options-change-vulnerability-in-wordpress-wp-private-content-plus-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-private-content-plus/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9817
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-options-change-vulnerability-in-wordpress-wp-private-content-plus-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-private-content-plus/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9817

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