CVE-2007-5229 EXPLOIT
6.4
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.9% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.4 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.9% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-10-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| feedburner | feedsmith |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Google FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery | 2007-10-04 |
References
- http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/10/the_feedsmith_plugin_newly_for.php
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedburner-feed-hijacking/
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedsmith-feedburner-vulnerability-fixed/
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119145344606493&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27055
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25921
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36940
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30637/
- http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/10/the_feedsmith_plugin_newly_for.php
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedburner-feed-hijacking/
- http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedsmith-feedburner-vulnerability-fixed/
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119145344606493&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27055
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25921
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36940
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30637/
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