WordPress Username Remote PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

BID:18372

CVE-2006-2667 |

Info

WordPress Username Remote PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 18372
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-2667
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 12 2006 09:06PM
Credit: rgod is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2 .1
WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2
WordPress WordPress 2.0.2
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
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 2.0.3

Discussion

WordPress Username Remote PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

WordPress is prone to a remote PHP code-injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to facilitate a compromise of the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

For a successful exploit of this issue, the MySQL password used in the application must be either blank or trivial to guess.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Username Remote PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

WordPress Username Remote PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 2.0.3 to address this issue.

Please see the referenced vendor advisories for more 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

WordPress WordPress 2.0.2

References

WordPress Username Remote PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

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