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CVE-2019-11886

HIGH 8.8 CVSS 3.0
Published
May 13, 2019
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-352
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before 7.2.1 for WordPress allows yp_option_update CSRF, as demonstrated by use of yp_remote_get to obtain admin access.

Affected WordPress components

  • Visual CSS Style Editor Plugin · yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer
    Confirmed match Active
    Versions not specified
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • yellowpencil visual_css_style_editor — Before 7.2.1

References

  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
  • wpvulndb.com https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9256
  • www.pluginvulnerabilities.com https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/09/recently-closed-visual-css-style-editor-wordpress-plugin-contains-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-that-leads-to-option-update-vulnerability/
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/04/zero-day-vulnerability-in-yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer-exploited-in-the-wild/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record