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INFORMATION BULLETIN
WordPress Vulnerability
[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1502-1]
February 25, 2008 21:00 GMT Number S-193
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PROBLEM: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in
wordpress, a weblog manager. Could allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary SQL commands.
PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE: Allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via
the cookie parameter.
SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Allows remote attackerd to execute
ASSESSMENT: arbitrary SQL commands.
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LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-193.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CVE-2007-3238 CVE-2007-2821 CVE-2008-0193 CVE-2008-0194
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1502-1 wordpress -- several vulnerabilities
Date Reported:
22 Feb 2008
Affected Packages:
wordpress
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
No other external database security references currently available.
More information:
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in wordpress, a weblog manager. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-3238
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php.
CVE-2007-2821
SQL injection vulnerability in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php in WordPress before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cookie parameter.
CVE-2008-0193
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.
CVE-2008-0194
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.10-1etch1. Wordpress is not present in the oldstable distribution (sarge).
We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress package.
Fixed in:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10-1etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10-1etch1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10-1etch1_all.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
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