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CVE-2020-8417

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.9% 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

The Code Snippets plugin before 2.14.0 for WordPress allows CSRF because of the lack of a Referer check on the import menu.

Affected products

• Code Snippets: before 2.14.0 — fixed in 2.14.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Code Snippets 2.14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10050
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10050

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