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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: [ GLSA 200701-10 ] WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200701-10)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 15, 2007
Bug(s): #159229
ID: 200701-10
Synopsis
WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection, information disclosure, and cross-site scripting attacks.
Background
WordPress is a popular personal publishing platform with a web interface.
Affected Packages
Package: www-apps/wordpress
Vulnerable: < 2.0.6
Unaffected: >= 2.0.6
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
When decoding trackbacks with alternate character sets, WordPress does not correctly sanitize the entries before further modifying a SQL query. WordPress also displays different error messages in wp-login.php based upon whether or not a user exists. David Kierznowski has discovered that WordPress fails to properly sanitize recent file information in /wp-admin/templates.php before sending that information to a browser.
Impact
An attacker could inject arbitrary SQL into WordPress database queries. An attacker could also determine if a WordPress user existed by trying to login as that user, better facilitating brute force attacks. Lastly, an attacker authenticated to view the administrative section of a WordPress instance could try to edit a file with a malicious filename; this may cause arbitrary HTML or JavaScript to be executed in users' browsers viewing /wp-admin/templates.php.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/wordpress-2.0.6" |
References
CVE-2006-6808
CVE-2007-0107
CVE-2007-0109 |
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