CVE-2013-0736
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Mingle Forum plugin 1.0.34 and possibly earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) modify user privileges or (2) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCSRF vulnerabilities in Mingle Forum plugin 1.0.34 allow remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly executing privileged actions, specifically modifying user privileges or launching XSS attacks via forged requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 1.0.34= 1.0.00= 1.0.01= 1.0.02= 1.0.03= 1.0.04= 1.0.05= 1.0.06= 1.0.07= 1.0.08= 1.0.09= 1.0.10CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Mingle Forum plugin versionNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins > Cartpauj Mingle Forum and note the version number displayed, or inspect the plugin main file header for the Version fieldAffected if version is 1.0.34 or lower, or matches any of these: 1.0.00 through 1.0.10
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Confirm plugin is activeIn the Plugins list, verify that Mingle Forum shows as 'Active' rather than 'Inactive'Affected if plugin is active and version is within the affected range
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Identify admin privilege modification formsAccess the plugin admin panel and locate any user role or privilege management interfaces (typically under Mingle Forum settings or user management)Affected if the plugin admin interface contains forms that can modify user roles or privileges and these forms exist in the affected version
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Inspect plugin source for missing noncesExamine the plugin PHP files (particularly admin-side files handling user privilege changes) for the presence of wp_nonce_field or check_admin_referer calls in forms that modify user privilegesAffected if forms that modify user privileges lack WordPress nonce verification (anti-CSRF tokens)
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Verify XSS-prone admin actionsReview admin-side scripts that handle content display or user input for missing nonce validation before processing or outputting dataAffected if admin actions that accept user content lack proper nonce validation and the plugin version is affected
The environment is affected if Cartpauj Mingle Forum plugin version 1.0.34 or any version from 1.0.00 through 1.0.10 is installed and active, with admin forms lacking CSRF token protection for user privilege modifications.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement WordPress nonces (anti-CSRF tokens) in all admin-side forms and AJAX actions that modify user privileges or content, and validate those nonces server-side before processing requests.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-0736 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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