Wordpress Cat_ID Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:13809

Info

Wordpress Cat_ID Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13809
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1810
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 30 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:56PM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue are currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 1.5.1
WordPress WordPress 1.5
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .2

Discussion

Wordpress Cat_ID Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Wordpress is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

Successful exploitation could result in a compromise of the application, disclosure or modification of data, or may permit an attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

Exploit / POC

Wordpress Cat_ID Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

"Alberto Trivero" <[email protected]> has supplied the wordpress-sql-inj.pl exploit.

1dt.w0lf has provided the wordpress1511newadmin.pl exploit.

Solution / Fix

Wordpress Cat_ID Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Wordpress version 1.5.1.2:

Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200506-04 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Gentoo users may update their computers by carrying out the following commands:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/wordpress-1.5.1.2"


WordPress WordPress 1.5

WordPress WordPress 1.5.1

References

Wordpress Cat_ID Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

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