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CVE-2013-0235

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2013-01-29	wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2013-0235 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2013-0235
Phase	Assigned(20121206)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-zone/wordpress-pingback-vulnerability/
CONFIRM	http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.1
CONFIRM	http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/23330
CONFIRM	http://wordpress.org/news/2013/01/wordpress-3-5-1/
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904120