Wordpress Invalid CSRF Token Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:21893

Info

Wordpress Invalid CSRF Token Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21893
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 28 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 05 2007 10:46PM
Credit: Stefan Esser is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2 .1
WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2
WordPress WordPress 2.0.5
WordPress WordPress 2.0.4
WordPress WordPress 2.0.3
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
Not Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 2.0.6

Discussion

Wordpress Invalid CSRF Token Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Wordpress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Versions prior to 2.0.5 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Wordpress Invalid CSRF Token Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Wordpress Invalid CSRF Token Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Wordpress version 2.0.6; please see the reference section for details.


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 .3

WordPress WordPress 1.5.1

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

WordPress WordPress 2.0.3

WordPress WordPress 2.0.4

WordPress WordPress 2.0.5

References

Wordpress Invalid CSRF Token Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:
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