# CVE-2008-0508: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in deans\_permalinks\_migration.php in the Dean's Permalinks Migration 1.0 plugin for WordPres

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-01-31 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in deans_permalinks_migration.php in the Dean's Permalinks Migration 1.0 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to modify the oldstructure (aka dean_pm_config[oldstructure]) configuration setting as administrators via the old_struct parameter in a deans_permalinks_migration.php action to wp-admin/options-general.php, as demonstrated by placing an XSS sequence in this setting.

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## References

- http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0801-advisories/deans-xsrf.txt
- http://g30rg3x.com/wp-files/dpm_11gx.zip
- http://g30rg3x.com/xsrf-bajo-deans-permalinks-migration-10
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39845
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0281
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486840/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28593
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3595

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