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WordPress PHP Code Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20271
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Release Date:
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2006-05-26
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Last Update:
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2006-06-07
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Popularity:
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13,540 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | WordPress 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2667
CVE-2006-2702
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Description:
rgod has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to various fields when registering or updating the user profile isn't properly sanitised before being stored in PHP scripts in the wp-content/cache/userlogins/ and wp-content/cache/users/ directories inside the web root. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code via the newline character.
It is also possible to supply a spoofed IP address when registering by setting the "PC_REMOTE_ADDR" HTTP header.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.0.2. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.0.3.
http://wordpress.org/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
rgod
Changelog:
2006-06-02: Updated "Solution" section.
2006-06-07: Added CVE references.
Original Advisory:
http://retrogod.altervista.org/wordpress_202_xpl.html
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