BID:27669

WordPress 'xmlrpc.php' Post Edit Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Info

WordPress 'xmlrpc.php' Post Edit Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27669
Class:	Access Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0664
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 07 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 04 2008 09:50PM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	WordPress WordPress 2.3.2 WordPress WordPress 2.3.1 WordPress WordPress 2.2.3 WordPress WordPress 2.2.2 WordPress WordPress 2.2.1 WordPress WordPress 2.2.1 WordPress WordPress 2.1.3 WordPress WordPress 2.1.3 WordPress WordPress 2.1.2 WordPress WordPress 2.1.1 WordPress WordPress 2.0.11 WordPress WordPress 2.0.10 WordPress WordPress 2.0.7 WordPress WordPress 2.0.6 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 1.3.1 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 WordPress WordPress 2.3 WordPress WordPress 2.2 Revision 5003 WordPress WordPress 2.2 Revision 5002 WordPress WordPress 2.2 WordPress WordPress 2.1.3-RC2 WordPress WordPress 2.1.3-RC1 WordPress WordPress 2.1 WordPress WordPress 2.0.10-RC2 WordPress WordPress 2.0.10-RC1 Red Hat Fedora 8 Red Hat Fedora 7 Debian Linux 4.0 sparc Debian Linux 4.0 s/390 Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel Debian Linux 4.0 mips Debian Linux 4.0 m68k Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 4.0 hppa Debian Linux 4.0 arm Debian Linux 4.0 amd64 Debian Linux 4.0 alpha Debian Linux 4.0

Not Vulnerable:	WordPress WordPress 2.3.3

Discussion

WordPress 'xmlrpc.php' Post Edit Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

WordPress is prone to an unauthorized access vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to edit other users' posts. Successfully exploiting this issue may lead to other attacks.

This issue affects versions prior to WordPress 2.3.3.

Exploit / POC

WordPress 'xmlrpc.php' Post Edit Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

An attacker could exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

WordPress 'xmlrpc.php' Post Edit Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

WordPress WordPress 2.1