CVE-2019-11886
The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before...
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 profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-11886- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-11886- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3544 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-3544- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hrmr-jgrx-82h5 No score
The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hrmr-jgrx-82h5- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Yellow Pencil Visual Theme Customizer < 7.2.1 - Privilege Escalation |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11886 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Yellowpencil Visual Css Style Editor, published May 13, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.28%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9256
wordpress.org/plugins/yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer
wordfence.com/blog/2019/04/zero-day-vulnerability-in-yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer-exploited-in-the-wild
pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/09/recently-closed-visual-css-style-editor-wordpress-plugin-contains-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-that-leads-to-option-update-vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11886
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrmr-jgrx-82h5