Secunia Advisory SA28823

WordPress XML-RPC Post Edit Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA28823
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Release Date 2008-02-07
Last Update 2008-02-08
   
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Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
WordPress 2.x

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2008-0664 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description
A vulnerability has been reported in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions and to manipulate data.

The xmlrpc.php script does not properly restrict access to the edit functionality. This can be exploited to edit other users' posts.

Successful exploitation requires valid user credentials.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.3.2. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution
Update to version 2.3.3.

Provided and/or discovered by
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/02/wordpress-233/

Deep Links
Links available in Customer Area


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