WordPress Cookie Integrity Protection Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

BID:28935

Info

WordPress Cookie Integrity Protection Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28935
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1930
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 25 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:52PM
Credit: Steven J. Murdoch
Vulnerable: WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2 .1
WordPress Wordpress (B2) 0.6.2
WordPress WordPress 2.3.3
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 2.1.3
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 1.2.2
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 2.5
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
Redhat Fedora 7
Not Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 2.5.1

Discussion

WordPress Cookie Integrity Protection Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

WordPress is prone to a vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected application.

An attacker can exploit this issue to gain administrative access to the application. Successfully exploiting this issue will compromise the affected application.

Versions prior to WordPress 2.5.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Cookie Integrity Protection Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

WordPress Cookie Integrity Protection Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for more information.


WordPress WordPress 2.5

WordPress WordPress 2.1

WordPress WordPress 2.1.3-RC1

WordPress WordPress 2.2

WordPress WordPress 2.0.10-RC1

WordPress WordPress 2.2 Revision 5003

WordPress WordPress 2.3

WordPress WordPress 2.0.10-RC2

WordPress WordPress 2.2 Revision 5002

WordPress WordPress 2.1.3-RC2

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 2.0.10

WordPress WordPress 2.0.11

WordPress WordPress 2.0.2

WordPress WordPress 2.0.3

WordPress WordPress 2.0.4

WordPress WordPress 2.0.5

WordPress WordPress 2.0.6

WordPress WordPress 2.0.7

WordPress WordPress 2.1.1

WordPress WordPress 2.1.2

WordPress WordPress 2.1.3

WordPress WordPress 2.2.1

WordPress WordPress 2.2.2

WordPress WordPress 2.2.3

WordPress WordPress 2.3.1

WordPress WordPress 2.3.2

WordPress WordPress 2.3.3

References

WordPress Cookie Integrity Protection Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

References:

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