1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200701-10 / wordpress |
| Release Date | January 15, 2007 |
| Latest Revision | January 15, 2007: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-apps/wordpress | < 2.0.6 | >= 2.0.6 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #159229
WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection, information disclosure, and cross-site scripting attacks.
WordPress is a popular personal publishing platform with a web interface.
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.
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.
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-2.0.6" |