CVE-2008-0205 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can trick administrators into performing unauthorized actions via CSRF in the Math Comment Spam Protection plugin.

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

What is CVE-2008-0205?

CVE-2008-0205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jan 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in math-comment-spam-protection.php in the Math Comment Spam Protection 2.1 and earlier plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to perform actions as administrators via the (1) mcsp_opt_msg_no_answer or (2) mcsp_opt_msg_wrong_answer parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0205?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wordpress Math Comment Spam Protection Plugin.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0205?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f9p6-65gj-r6fx.

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