Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the HMS Testimonials plugin before 2.0.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add new testimonials via the hms-testimonials-addnew page, (2) add new groups via the hms-testimonials-addnewgroup page, (3) change default settings via the hms-testimonials-settings page, (4) change advanced settings via the hms-testimonials-settings-advanced page, (5) change custom fields settings via the hms-testimonials-settings-fields page, or (6) change template settings via the hms-testimonials-templates-new page to wp-admin/admin.php.
CVE-2013-4240
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 84.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 2, 2014
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (12)
- secalert@redhathttp://osvdb.org/96107
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/96
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/98
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/345
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/361
- secalert@redhathttp://wordpress.org/plugins/hms-testimonials/changelog
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/96107
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/96
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/98
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/345
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/361
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wordpress.org/plugins/hms-testimonials/changelog
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-27531✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 12, 2013
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