CVE-2013-3256
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 Shareaholic SexyBookmarks plugin 6.1.4.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that "manipulate plugin 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 · moderate confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Shareaholic SexyBookmarks WordPress plugin allows remote attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests that manipulate plugin settings by leveraging the lack of anti-CSRF token validation on form submissions and AJAX actions.
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= 6.1.4.0CVSS 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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Confirm SexyBookmarks plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Shareaholic SexyBookmarks' in the list of installed pluginsAffected if The plugin is not installed or has been removed
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Check the installed versionIn the Plugins list, find the SexyBookmarks plugin and note the version number displayed beneath the plugin nameAffected if The version listed is exactly 6.1.4.0
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Verify the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin > Plugins, check if SexyBookmarks shows as 'Active' rather than 'Inactive' or 'Not installed'Affected if The plugin is currently activated and in use on the site
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Check for nonce implementation in plugin filesAccess the plugin via FTP or file manager, open the main plugin PHP file (e.g., sexybookmarks.php) and search for 'wp_nonce_field' or 'check_admin_referer' function calls in form handling codeAffected if No nonce verification functions are found in form submission handlers or AJAX action handlers
You are affected if the SexyBookmarks plugin version 6.1.4.0 is installed and active on your WordPress site without proper nonce verification implemented in its settings forms and AJAX endpoints.
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 SexyBookmarks plugin to the latest version which implements WordPress nonces for form validation, or manually add nonce verification to all settings forms and AJAX endpoints in the plugin.
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- Implementation4.0 h
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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-2013-3256 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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