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)

EPSS: 0.013 (68.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wordpress — versions 2.6.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References