PT-2008-6259 · WordPress · Wordpress

Raphael Geissert · Published 2008-11-17 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5113

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress version 2.6.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct delayed and persistent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via crafted cookies. This can lead to actions such as deleting user accounts or causing a denial of service, resulting in the loss of application access. The issue relies on the presence of an independent vulnerability that allows cookie injection.

Recommendations For WordPress version 2.6.3, consider updating to a newer version that addresses the issue, as no specific fix is provided for this version. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive operations that rely on the REQUEST superglobal array to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5113

DSA-1871-1

DSA-1871-2

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5113 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5113 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5113 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5113 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5113 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46698 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/504771 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/1 · Note