XSS in WordPress Math Comment Spam Protection Plugin
CVE-2008-0205
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in math-comment-spam-protection.php in the Math Comment Spam Protection 2.1 and earlier plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to perform actions as administrators via the (1) mcsp_opt_msg_no_answer or (2) mcsp_opt_msg_wrong_answer parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- websecurity.com.ua/1576/
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3539 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0205?
- CVE-2008-0205 is a vulnerability in WordPress Math Comment Spam Protection Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-01-10.
- Is CVE-2008-0205 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.