Vulnerability in WordPress

CVE-2013-0235

The XMLRPC API in WordPress before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to send HTTP requests to intranet servers, and conduct port-scanning attacks, by specifying a crafted source URL for a pingback, related to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) issue.

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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: 0.296 (98.1th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2013-0235: rose from 0.289 to 0.296.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.289 · newest: 0.296 · change: +0.007

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0235?
CVE-2013-0235 is a vulnerability in WordPress. Published 2013-07-08.
Is CVE-2013-0235 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.