CVE-2007-5229

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to change settings and hijack blog feeds via a request to wp-admin/options-general.php that submits parameter values to FeedBurner_FeedSmith_Plugin.php, as demonstrated by the (1) feedburner_url and (2) feedburner_comments_url parameters.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.07% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119145344606493&w=2 mailing list exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36940 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27055 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30637/ exploit
http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedburner-feed-hijacking/ exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25921 vdb entry
http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedsmith-feedburner-vulnerability-fixed/
http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/10/the_feedsmith_plugin_newly_for.php

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5229?
CVE-2007-5229 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5229?
To fix CVE-2007-5229, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5229 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5229 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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