CVE-2014-9099 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WhyDoWork AdSense plugin version 1.2 for WordPress. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack an administrator's authenticated session, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or configuration changes within the plugin. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it's considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring user interaction (medium attack complexity) but not authentication, and can result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there's no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, indicating public exploit code for option manipulation, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whydowork_adsense_project:whydowork_adsense:1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.