CVE-2015-9421 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability with resulting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the olevmedia-shortcodes plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.1.9. This flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts via the 'id' parameter in the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=omsc_popup endpoint. Rated 6.5 Medium on the CVSS scale, it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high integrity impact (I:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:olevmedia:olevmedia_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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