CSRF in WordPress Permalinks Migration Plugin
CVE-2008-0508
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in deans_permalinks_migration.php in the Dean's Permalinks Migration 1.0 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to modify the oldstructure (aka dean_pm_config[oldstructure]) configuration setting as administrators via the old_struct parameter in a deans_permalinks_migration.php action to wp-admin/options-general.php, as demonstrated by placing an XSS sequence in this setting.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- WordPress Permalinks Migration Plugin — versions 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0801-advisories/deans-xsrf.txt (Exploit)
- g30rg3x.com/wp-files/dpm_11gx.zip (Patch)
- g30rg3x.com/xsrf-bajo-deans-permalinks-migration-10 (Exploit, Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39845 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0281 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486840/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/28593 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3595 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0508?
- CVE-2008-0508 is a vulnerability in WordPress Permalinks Migration Plugin, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2008-01-31.
- Is CVE-2008-0508 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.