CVE-2013-2702
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 Easy AdSense Lite plugin before 6.10 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify this plugin's settings.
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 confidenceThe Easy AdSense Lite WordPress plugin before version 6.10 lacks proper anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) in its settings forms. This allows an attacker to craft malicious links that, when clicked by an authenticated administrator, silently modify the plugin's ad configuration settings without the user's consent.
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<= 6.06= 1.00= 1.01= 1.02= 1.10= 1.20= 1.30= 1.40= 1.50= 1.60= 1.61= 1.70CVSS 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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Verify Easy AdSense Lite plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory for the Easy AdSense or Easy Adsense Lite plugin folder, or view the installed plugins list in the WordPress admin dashboardAffected if The plugin appears in your installed plugins list
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Identify the installed versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Easy AdSense Lite and read the version number displayed beneath the plugin nameAffected if The version is 6.06 or lower, OR exactly matches 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.10, 1.20, 1.30, 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.61, or 1.70
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, check that Easy AdSense Lite shows as active (not deactivated or deleted)Affected if The plugin is currently activated on your WordPress site
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Verify settings form is accessibleNavigate to the Easy AdSense Lite settings page in the WordPress admin (usually under Settings or a dedicated Easy Adsense menu item)Affected if You can access and view the plugin configuration forms without error
You are affected if Easy AdSense Lite is installed, active, and the version matches 6.06 or lower, or any of these versions: 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.10, 1.20, 1.30, 1.40, 1.50, 1.60, 1.61, or 1.70
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 dataUpdate the Easy AdSense Lite plugin to version 6.10 or later which implements nonce validation. Alternatively, disable the plugin until an update is available.
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- Review / QA1.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-2702 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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- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data