CVE-2013-0235

Wordpress < 3.5.0 - SSRF

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

metasploit SCANNER

by Thomas McCarthy · rubypoc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_pingback_access.rb

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (5)

[Product] http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.1

[Exploit, Patch] http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/23330

[Product] http://wordpress.org/news/2013/01/wordpress-3-5-1/

[Various Sources] http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-zone/wordpress-pingback-vulnerability/

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904120

Scores

EPSS 0.5836

EPSS Percentile 98.2%

Details

Status published

Products (49)

wordpress/wordpress 0.71

wordpress/wordpress 1.0

wordpress/wordpress 1.0.1

wordpress/wordpress 1.0.2

wordpress/wordpress 1.1.1

wordpress/wordpress 1.2

wordpress/wordpress 1.2.1

wordpress/wordpress 1.2.2

wordpress/wordpress 1.2.3

wordpress/wordpress 1.2.4

... and 39 more

Published Jul 08, 2013

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026