CSRF in WordPress
CVE-2013-3253
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/setting.php in the Xhanch - My Twitter plugin before 2.7.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change unspecified settings.
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: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- WordPress
- Xhanch My Twitter — versions 2.5.8, 2.5.9, 2.6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/750054/xhanch-my-twitter (Exploit, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/53133 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- forum.xhanch.com/index.php/topic,3806.0.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/61629 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-3253?
- CVE-2013-3253 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2013-08-09.
- Is CVE-2013-3253 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.