WordPress Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:17069

Info

WordPress Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 17069
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 10 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 14 2006 12:55AM
Credit: These issues were disclosed by the vendor. The vendor credits Mark Jaquith, Robert Deaton, and David House with the discovery of these issues.
Vulnerable: WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2 .1
WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2
WordPress WordPress 2.0.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0
WordPress WordPress 1.5.2
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .3
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .2
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1
WordPress WordPress 1.5
WordPress WordPress 1.2.2
WordPress WordPress 1.2.1
+ Gentoo Linux
WordPress WordPress 1.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4
+ Gentoo Linux
WordPress WordPress 0.71
WordPress WordPress 0.7
Not Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 2.0.2

Discussion

WordPress Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities


WordPress is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

These issues can be exploited through use of a web client.

Solution / Fix

WordPress Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released WordPress 2.0.2 to address these issues. See the referenced vendor advisory for further information.


WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2 .1

WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2

WordPress WordPress 0.7

WordPress WordPress 0.71

WordPress WordPress 1.2

WordPress WordPress 1.2.1

WordPress WordPress 1.2.2

WordPress WordPress 1.5

WordPress WordPress 1.5.1

WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .3

WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .2

WordPress WordPress 1.5.2

WordPress WordPress 2.0

WordPress WordPress 2.0.1

References

WordPress Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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