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ID:4124 - Exploit for Input validation error in WordPress - CVE-2013-0235
ID:4124 - Exploit for Input validation error in WordPress - CVE-2013-0235
Published: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42745
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0235
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
WordPress
WordPress
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The XMLRPC API in WordPress before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to send HTTP requests to intranet servers, and conduct port-scanning attacks, by specifying a crafted source URL for a pingback, related to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) issue. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/918.html 'CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)'
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.