CSRF in Feedburner Feedsmith
CVE-2007-5229
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to change settings and hijack blog feeds via a request to wp-admin/options-general.php that submits parameter values to FeedBurner_FeedSmith_Plugin.php, as demonstrated by the (1) feedburner_url and (2) feedburner_comments_url parameters.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Feedburner Feedsmith — versions 2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36940 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27055 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30637/ (exploit)
- blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedburner-feed-hijacking/ (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25921 (vdb-entry)
- blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedsmith-feedburner-vulnerability-fixed/
- blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/10/the_feedsmith_plugin_newly_for…
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-5229?
- CVE-2007-5229 is a vulnerability in Feedburner Feedsmith, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2007-10-05.
- Is CVE-2007-5229 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.