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WordPress XML-RPC "wp.suggestCategories" SQL Injection
Secunia Advisory: SA25552
Release Date: 2007-06-07
Last Update: 2007-07-06
Popularity: 12,097 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:WordPress 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "wp.suggestCategories" method in xmlrpc.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieving usernames and password hashes, but requires valid user credentials and knowledge of the database table prefix.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.2. Prior versions may also be affected.

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