1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200507-02 / wordpress |
| Release Date | July 04, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | July 04, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-apps/wordpress | < 1.5.1.3 | >= 1.5.1.3 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #97374
WordPress contains PHP script injection, cross-site scripting and path disclosure vulnerabilities.
WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing system.
James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team discovered that WordPress insufficiently checks data passed to the XML-RPC server. He also discovered that WordPress has several cross-site scripting and full path disclosure vulnerabilities.
An attacker could use the PHP script injection vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary PHP script commands. Furthermore the cross-site scripting vulnerabilities could be exploited to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.
There are no known workarounds at this time.
All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest available version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/wordpress-1.5.1.3" |