WordPress Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	48521
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 21 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 08:15PM
Credit:	K. Gudinavicius
Vulnerable:	WordPress WordPress 3.1.3 WordPress WordPress 3.1.2 WordPress WordPress 3.1.1 WordPress WordPress 3.2-RC1 WordPress WordPress 3.1
Not Vulnerable:	WordPress WordPress 3.1.4 WordPress WordPress 3.2-RC3

WordPress Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

WordPress is prone to multiple SQL-injection vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

WordPress 3.1.3 and 3.2-RC1 are vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

WordPress Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Attackers can use a browser to exploit these issues.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag&orderby=[SQL injection]&order=[SQL injection]
http://www.example.com.com/wp-admin/link-manager.php?orderby=[SQL injection]&order=[SQL injection]

WordPress Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more details.

WordPress Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

References:

• Omni Secure Files Plugin Homepage (Wordpress)
  
• SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory < 20110701-0 > (K. Gudinavicius)
  
• WordPress 3.1.4 (and 3.2 Release Candidate 3) (WordPress)