Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Limit Posts Automatically…
Priority LOW 32CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Limit Posts Automatically plugin 0.7 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the lpa_post_letters parameter in the wp-limit-posts-automatically.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01015 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wp_limit_posts_automatically_project:wp_limit_posts_automatically:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 0.7 | Vulnerable | Wp Limit Posts Automatically Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:wp_limit_posts_automatically_project:wp_limit_posts_automatically:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 0.7 Vulnerable ·Wp Limit Posts Automatically Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-9401
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mrwv-wxq5-q8v6
References
Sources
- CVE-2014-9401 · CVE Program
- CVE-2014-9401 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mrwv-wxq5-q8v6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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