# CVE-2014-9401: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Limit Posts Automatically plugin 0.7 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attac

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-12-31 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129647/WordPress-WP-Limit-Posts-Automatically-0.7-CSRF-XSS.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99427

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