CVE-2013-2696
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 · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the All in One Webmaster plugin before 8.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.
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 vulnerability in the All in One Webmaster WordPress plugin before version 8.2.4 allows remote attackers to hijack authenticated user sessions and inject XSS sequences through maliciously crafted 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<= 8.2.3= 7.7.7= 8.0.0= 8.1= 8.2= 8.2.1= 8.2.2CVSS 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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Locate the plugin installation directoryCheck the WordPress plugins folder at /wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'all-in-one-webmaster' or 'crunchify-all-in-one-webmaster'. If present, the plugin is installed.Affected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory.
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Identify the installed versionOpen the main plugin file (usually all-in-one-webmaster.php) and locate the 'Version' header comment in the plugin file header, or check the version listed in the WordPress admin plugins page under the plugin name.Affected if The version number matches any of these: 7.7.7, 8.0.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, or any version 8.2.3 or lower.
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Verify the plugin is activeIn the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and confirm the All in One Webmaster plugin shows as 'Active'. Alternatively, query the wp_options table for the option_name 'active_plugins' and check if the plugin is included.Affected if The plugin appears in the list of active plugins.
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Check for unauthorized script injectionsInspect the site source code or use the browser developer tools to view the page head section. Look for any malicious script tags or XSS payload strings that may have been injected through the plugin's settings (typically in meta tags or header/footer injection fields).Affected if Unexpected script tags, iframe elements, or XSS payloads are present in the page source, particularly in meta or header areas.
If the All in One Webmaster plugin is installed, active, and the version is 8.2.3 or lower (or matches any of the specific affected versions 7.7.7, 8.0.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2.1, 8.2.2), the environment is vulnerable to CSRF-based XSS injection.
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 dataUpgrade to All in One Webmaster plugin version 8.2.4 or later which includes anti-CSRF nonce protection; alternatively disable the plugin until patched.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-2696 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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