What is CVE-2013-7233?

CVE-2013-7233 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2013-12-30.

Is CVE-2013-7233 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in WordPress

CVE-2013-7233

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the retrospam component in wp-admin/options-discussion.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that move comments to the moderation list.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2013-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.038 (89.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.osvdb.org/101184 (vdb-entry)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/145 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-7233?: CVE-2013-7233 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2013-12-30.
Is CVE-2013-7233 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.