CVE-2013-0235

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-07-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0235 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 28.86%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-0235

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0235

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 58.36% 28.86% -29.50%
2 2026-03-29 65.28% 58.36% -6.92%
3 2026-03-04 — 65.28% —

Full EPSS history (45 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0235

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0235

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0235

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-0235 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0235
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0235 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 5, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0235

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-0235

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/918.html 'CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0235

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wordpress wordpress <= 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 0.71 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0235

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