CSRF in WordPress
CVE-2008-5113
WordPress 2.6.3 relies on the REQUEST superglobal array in certain dangerous situations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct delayed and persistent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via crafted cookies, as demonstrated by attacks that (1) delete user accounts or (2) cause a denial of service (loss of application access). NOTE: this issue relies on the presence of an independent vulnerability that allows cookie injection.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% 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: 0.014 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- WordPress — versions 2.6.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/504771
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46698 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/1 (mailing-list)