Info

Disclosure

Jan 05, 2007

Discovery

Jan 05, 2007

Dates

Exploit

Jan 05, 2007

Solution

Jan 05, 2007

Description

WordPress contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the wp-trackback.php script not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'p' variable. This may allow an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the backend database.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

WordPress	WordPress	0.7
		0.6.2.1
		2.0
		2.0.1
		2.0.5
		1.5
		2.0.2
		1.5.1.3
		0.71
		1.2.2
		1.5
		1.2.1
		1.2
		0.6.2
		2.0.3
		2.0.4

References

FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2007-0061
Bugtraq ID: 21907
Other Advisory URL: http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml
ISS X-Force ID: 31297
Secunia Advisory ID: 23595 23741
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-01/0148.html
CVE ID: 2007-0107 (see also: NVD)
Vendor URL: http://wordpress.org/

Credit

Stefan Esser - sesserhardened-php.net - www.hardened-php.net

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218