WordPress Prior to 4.8.2 Multiple Input Validation Security Vulnerabilities

BID:100912

CVE-2017-14718 | CVE-2017-14719 | CVE-2017-14720 | CVE-2017-14721 | CVE-2017-14722 | CVE-2017-14723 | CVE-2017-14724 | CVE-2017-14725 | CVE-2017-14726 |

Info

WordPress Prior to 4.8.2 Multiple Input Validation Security Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 100912
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2017-14718
CVE-2017-14719
CVE-2017-14720
CVE-2017-14721
CVE-2017-14722
CVE-2017-14723
CVE-2017-14724
CVE-2017-14725
CVE-2017-14726
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 19 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 25 2017 02:00PM
Credit: Slavco,xknown,Rodolfo Assis (@brutelogic) of Sucuri Security, Alex Chapman,Chen Ruiq, Yasin Soliman, Weston Ruter of the WordPress Security Team, Luka,Anas Roubi.
Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 4.8.1
WordPress WordPress 4.7.4
WordPress WordPress 4.7.2
WordPress WordPress 4.7.1
WordPress WordPress 4.6.1
WordPress WordPress 4.5.2
WordPress WordPress 4.5.1
WordPress WordPress 4.5
WordPress WordPress 4.4.1
WordPress WordPress 4.4
WordPress WordPress 4.2.4
WordPress WordPress 4.2.3
WordPress WordPress 4.2.2
WordPress WordPress 4.2.1
WordPress WordPress 4.1.2
WordPress WordPress 4.1.1
WordPress WordPress 4.1
WordPress WordPress 3.9.2
WordPress WordPress 3.9.1
WordPress WordPress 3.9
WordPress WordPress 3.8.2
WordPress WordPress 3.8.1
WordPress WordPress 3.7.4
WordPress WordPress 3.7.1
WordPress WordPress 3.6.1
WordPress WordPress 3.6
WordPress WordPress 3.5.2
WordPress WordPress 3.5.1
WordPress WordPress 3.3.2
WordPress WordPress 3.2.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1.4
WordPress WordPress 3.1.3
WordPress WordPress 3.1.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1.1
WordPress WordPress 3.0.5
WordPress WordPress 3.0.4
WordPress WordPress 3.0.3
WordPress WordPress 3.0.2
WordPress WordPress 2.9.2
WordPress WordPress 2.9.1
WordPress WordPress 2.8.6
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5
WordPress WordPress 2.8.4
WordPress WordPress 2.8.3
WordPress WordPress 2.8.2
WordPress WordPress 2.8.1
WordPress WordPress 2.3.3
WordPress WordPress 2.3.2
WordPress WordPress 2.3.1
WordPress WordPress 2.2.3
WordPress WordPress 2.2.2
WordPress WordPress 2.2.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0.11
WordPress WordPress 2.0.7
WordPress WordPress 2.0.6
WordPress WordPress 2.0.5
WordPress WordPress 2.0.4
WordPress WordPress 2.0.3
WordPress WordPress 2.0.2
WordPress WordPress 1.3.1
WordPress WordPress 1.2.2
WordPress WordPress 1.2.1
WordPress WordPress 1.2
WordPress WordPress 4.7.5
WordPress WordPress 4.7.3
WordPress WordPress 4.7
WordPress WordPress 4.6
WordPress WordPress 4.5.3
WordPress WordPress 4.4.2
WordPress WordPress 4.3.1
WordPress WordPress 4.3
WordPress WordPress 4.2
WordPress WordPress 4.0.1
WordPress WordPress 4.0
WordPress WordPress 3.9.3
WordPress WordPress 3.9
WordPress WordPress 3.8.5
WordPress WordPress 3.8.4
WordPress WordPress 3.8.3
WordPress WordPress 3.8
WordPress WordPress 3.7.5
WordPress WordPress 3.7
WordPress WordPress 3.5.0
WordPress WordPress 3.5
WordPress WordPress 3.4.2
WordPress WordPress 3.4.1
WordPress WordPress 3.4
WordPress WordPress 3.3.3
WordPress WordPress 3.3.1
WordPress WordPress 3.3
WordPress WordPress 3.2.1
WordPress WordPress 3.1
WordPress WordPress 3.0.6
WordPress WordPress 3.0.1
WordPress WordPress 2.9.1.1
WordPress WordPress 2.9
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5.2
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5.1
WordPress WordPress 2.8
WordPress WordPress 2.3
WordPress WordPress 2.1
WordPress WordPress 1.3.3
WordPress WordPress 1.2.5
WordPress WordPress 1.2.3
WordPress WordPress 0.6.2.1
Not Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 4.8.2

Discussion

WordPress Prior to 4.8.2 Multiple Input Validation Security Vulnerabilities

WordPress is prone to the following input-validation security vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input:

1. Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities
2. Multiple directory-traversal vulnerabilities
3. Multiple open-redirection vulnerabilities
4. An SQL-injection vulnerability

An attacker can exploit these issues to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, to redirect a user to an attacker-controlled site; this may aid in phishing attacks , to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.; and to read arbitrary files in the context of the application.

WordPress versions 4.8.1 and earlier are affected.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Prior to 4.8.2 Multiple Input Validation Security Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI, or using a browser or readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

WordPress Prior to 4.8.2 Multiple Input Validation Security Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

WordPress Prior to 4.8.2 Multiple Input Validation Security Vulnerabilities

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