# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2013
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7233, GHSA-g5w2-qwqg-v4vf, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7233

## 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 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7233?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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:

- WordPress Core 2.0.11 - '/wp-admin/options-discussion.php' Script Cross-Site Request Forgery (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Wordpress Wordpress

- [CVE-2026-63030](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63030/): WordPress Core Interpretation Conflict (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-87902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87902/): WordPress Core Remote File Inclusion (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-60137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60137/): WordPress Core SQL Injection (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-2399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2399/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2400/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-7233 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-7233 exists.

Affected product: Wordpress Wordpress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7233/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7233/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7233
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7233
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7233

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