WordPress Comment Post HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	16656
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 15 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 15 2006 08:02PM
Credit:	Discovered by imei.
Vulnerable:	WordPress WordPress 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Comment Post HTML Injection Vulnerability


WordPress is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would be executed in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing for the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. An attacker could also exploit this issue to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

WordPress version 2.0.0 is reportedly vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Comment Post HTML Injection Vulnerability


An exploit is not required.

An example has been provided:

<strong>author's website</strong>:
<strong>" onfocus="alert(1)" onblur="alert(1)</strong>

WordPress Comment Post HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

WordPress Comment Post HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)
  
• WordPress2.0.0~autors�??website~XSS attack ([email protected])
  
• WordPress2.0.0~autors~Rwebsite~XSS attack ([email protected])