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medium 6.4

CVE-2013-0235 json

The XMLRPC API in WordPress before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to send HTTP requests to intranet servers, and conduct port-scanning attac…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-0268

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.6%
EPSS 29.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.5.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0235

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0235 updated cvss 5.8

wordpress: Server-side request forgery and remote port scanning using pingbacks

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

29.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

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References

Sources

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