CVE-2007-5229 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack blog feeds and change settings via CSRF in the FeedBurner FeedSmith WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-5229?

CVE-2007-5229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to change settings and hijack blog feeds via a request to wp-admin/options-general.php that submits parameter values to FeedBurner_FeedSmith_Plugin.php, as demonstrated by the (1) feedburner_url and (2) feedburner_comments_url parameters.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5229?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Feedburner Feedsmith.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5229?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-5229 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-5229 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gmpq-39vg-grj4.

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