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
Wordpress contains SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities.
WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing system.
Due to a lack of input validation, WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection and XSS attacks.
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.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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" |