CVE-2007-1244 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.5% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.54% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 2.1.1 - 'post.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2007-02-26 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0583.html
- http://osvdb.org/33787
- http://osvdb.org/33788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461351/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22735
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32703
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0583.html
- http://osvdb.org/33787
- http://osvdb.org/33788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461351/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22735
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32703
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