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)

EPSS: 0.038 (89.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wordpress — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)

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.