CVE-2008-5113

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

WordPress 2.6.3 relies on the REQUEST superglobal array in certain dangerous situations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct delayed and persistent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via crafted cookies, as demonstrated by attacks that (1) delete user accounts or (2) cause a denial of service (loss of application access). NOTE: this issue relies on the presence of an independent vulnerability that allows cookie injection.

Affected products

WordPress: 2.6.3

References

http://bugs.debian.org/504771
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46698
http://bugs.debian.org/504771
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46698

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