CVE-2013-4240

HMS Testimonials < 2.0.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Admin Page Actions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-4240.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates CSRF and XSS vulnerabilities in the HMS Testimonials WordPress plugin (version 2.0.10). It includes functional HTML forms that can be used to exploit these vulnerabilities by submitting crafted input to various admin endpoints.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
webappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27531

The exploit demonstrates CSRF and XSS vulnerabilities in the HMS Testimonials WordPress plugin (version 2.0.10). It includes functional HTML forms that can be used to exploit these vulnerabilities by submitting crafted input to various admin endpoints.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: HMS Testimonials WordPress Plugin 2.0.10
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a WordPress admin session or ability to trick an admin into submitting a crafted form
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/361
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/345
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/98
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/96
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/96107

Scores

EPSS 0.0283
EPSS Percentile 84.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (22)
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.1
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.2
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.3
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.4
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.4.1
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.5
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.6
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.6.1
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.6.2
hitmyserver/hms_testimonials 1.7
... and 12 more
Published Apr 02, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026