CSRF in Mail On Update Project
CVE-2013-2107
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mail On Update plugin before 5.2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the "List of alternative recipients" via the mailonupdate_mailto parameter in the mail-on-update page to wp-admin/options-general.php. NOTE: a third party claims that 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 are also vulnerable, but the issue might require a separate CVE identifier since this might reflect an incomplete fix.
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: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mail On Update Project — versions 5.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- osvdb.org/93452 (vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/356 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- wordpress.org/plugins/mail-on-update/changelog (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/53449 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-2107?
- CVE-2013-2107 is a vulnerability in Mail On Update Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-05-23.
- Is CVE-2013-2107 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.