Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2013-3253

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/setting.php in the Xhanch - My Twitter plugin before 2.7.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change unspecified settings.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-3253 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from xhanch, from wordpress organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-08-09T20:56:07.747

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	≤ 2.7.6	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.5.8	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.5.9	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.0	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.1	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.2	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.3	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.4	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.5	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.6	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.7	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.8	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.6.9	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.7.0	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.7.1	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.7.2	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.7.3	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.7.4	Yes
Application	xhanch	my_twitter	2.7.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	-	No

References

http://forum.xhanch.com/index.php/topic%2C3806.0.html ([email protected])
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/750054/xhanch-my-twitter Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/53133 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61629 ([email protected])
http://forum.xhanch.com/index.php/topic%2C3806.0.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/750054/xhanch-my-twitter Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/53133 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61629 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For xhanch's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.