CVE-2007-5229 json
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to change sett…
published 2007-10-05 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5209
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.9%
- EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to change settings and hijack blog feeds via a request to wp-admin/options-general.php that submits parameter values to FeedBurner_FeedSmith_Plugin.php, as demonstrated by the (1) feedburner_url and (2) feedburner_comments_url parameters.
Patch / fix
- secunia.com/advisories/27055 advisory
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-30637)
- Published
Exploit prediction
4.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-30637 WordPress Plugin Google FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery webapps, 2007-10-04
- marc.info http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119145344606493&w=2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- blogsecurity.net http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/feedburner-feed-hijacking/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
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
- Weakness
-
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
References
-
secunia.com
/advisories/27055
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
-
exploit-db.com
/exploits/30637/
exploit
-
marc.info
/?l=full-disclosure&m=119145344606493&w=2
mailing-list, exploit
-
blogsecurity.net
/wordpress/feedburner-feed-hijacking/
exploit
-
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/36940
vdb-entry
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/25921
vdb-entry
- blogsecurity.net /wordpress/feedsmith-feedburner-vulnerability-fixed/
- blogs.feedburner.com /feedburner/archives/2007/10/the_feedsmith_plugin_newly_for.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2007-5229
- NVD CVE-2007-5229
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