Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200506-04 / Wordpress
Release Date	June 06, 2005
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-apps/wordpress	< 1.5.1.2	>= 1.5.1.2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #88926, #94512

Synopsis

Wordpress contains SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities.

2. Impact Information

Background

WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing system.

Description

Due to a lack of input validation, WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection and XSS attacks.

Impact

An attacker could use the SQL injection vulnerabilites to gain information from the database. Furthermore the cross-site scripting issues give an attacker the ability to inject and execute malicious script code or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, potentially compromising the victim's browser.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Wordpress users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/wordpress-1.5.1.2"

4. References

Updated June 06, 2005

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