CVE-2007-1244 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can trick administrators into performing privileged actions via CSRF, potentially leading to account takeover or XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-1244?
CVE-2007-1244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 3 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the AdminPanel in WordPress 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform privileged actions as administrators, as demonstrated using the delete action in wp-admin/post.php. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and steal cookies via the post parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1244?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1244?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2007-1244 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1244 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1244, GHSA-pj8j-hmc8-6q85.