CVE-2015-9440 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the monetize plugin (versions up to 1.03) for WordPress, which can lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into a vulnerable WordPress site if an authenticated administrator is tricked into clicking a crafted link. While the attack complexity is low, it requires user interaction and could result in high integrity impact, such as defacing the website or stealing session cookies. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monetize_project:monetize:*:*:*:*:*: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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