leethompson Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 on WordPress Setting lzcs_admin.php cross-site request forgery
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in leethompson Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the file lzcs_admin.php of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-20074. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in leethompson Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file lzcs_admin.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
WordPress Lazy Content Slider Plugin 3.4 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by crafting malicious HTML forms. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting POST requests to the plugin settings page via lzcs_admin.php to modify plugin configuration parameters like lzcs_color and lzcs_count.
The weakness was presented with Persian Hack Team as 40070. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-20074 since 06/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:lzcs_admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (40070). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
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Exploiting
Class: Cross-site request forgeryCWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
06/15/2026 Advisory disclosed06/15/2026 CVE reserved
06/15/2026 VulDB entry created
06/15/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: 40070Organization: Persian Hack Team
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2016-20074 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-20074
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-370903
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 06/15/2026 16:51Changes: 06/15/2026 16:51 (84)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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