CVE-2013-0235

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    CVE-2013-0235

    Published: 8 Jul 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-zone/wordpress-pingback-vulnerability/, http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/23330, http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/23330, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904120, http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.1, http://wordpress.org/news/2013/01/wordpress-3-5-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High