CVE-2013-7233 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in WordPress allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions to move comments to moderation, requiring admin interaction.
- 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-2013-7233?
CVE-2013-7233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress, published on 30 Dec 2013. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7233?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wordpress Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2013-7233?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-7233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-7233 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-7233 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7233, GHSA-g5w2-qwqg-v4vf, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7233.