40802 : WordPress wp-pass.php _wp_http_referer Variable Arbitrary Site Redirect
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
2007-06-21	2007-07-05

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-3639" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : WordPress before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to redirect visitors to other websites and potentially obtain sensitive information via (1) the _wp_http_referer parameter to wp-pass.php, related to the wp_get_referer function in wp-includes/functions.php; and possibly other vectors related to (2) wp-includes/pluggable.php and (3) the wp_nonce_ays function in wp-includes/functions.php.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.2.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-3639 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 30013
ISS X-Force ID: 35272
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-07/0040.html
Other Advisory URL: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2869
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564

Tools & Filters

	32126

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-07-10 | Disagree?

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