# CVE-2007-1244: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the AdminPanel in WordPress 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform privileg

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-03-03 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32703
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0583.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461351/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22735
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24566
- http://osvdb.org/33787
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-23.xml
- http://osvdb.org/33788
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29682

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