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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wordpress | 2.1.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | wordpress | 2.1.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wordpress | 2.1.2-1 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- WordPress Core 2.1.1 - 'post.php' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-29682 · webapps · Feb 26, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- wordpress-post-csrf(32703) vdb-entry
- 20070226 WordPress AdminPanel CSRF/XSS - 0day mailing-list
- 20070226 WordPress AdminPanel CSRF/XSS - 0day mailing-list
- 22735 vdb-entry
- 24566 third-party-advisory
- 33787 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200703-23 vendor-advisory
- 33788 vdb-entry