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CVE

CVE-2019-11886

8.8
CVSS
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.

Attack Vector
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Privileges Req.
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User Interaction
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Updated Nov 10, 2026View on NVD →
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Yellow Pencil Visual Theme Customizer < 7.2.1 - Privilege Escalation

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. References: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/04/zero-day-vulnerability-in-yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer-exploited-in-the-wild/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190410184502/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/ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11886

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