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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-02 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: July 04, 2005 |
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Bugs: #97374 |
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ID: 200507-02 |
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Synopsis |
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WordPress contains PHP script injection, cross-site scripting and path |
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disclosure vulnerabilities. |
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Background |
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WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing |
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system. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-apps/wordpress < 1.5.1.3 >= 1.5.1.3 |
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Description |
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James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team discovered that |
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WordPress insufficiently checks data passed to the XML-RPC server. He |
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also discovered that WordPress has several cross-site scripting and |
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full path disclosure vulnerabilities. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could use the PHP script injection vulnerabilities to |
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execute arbitrary PHP script commands. Furthermore the cross-site |
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scripting vulnerabilities could be exploited to execute arbitrary |
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script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable |
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site. |
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Workaround |
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There are no known workarounds at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest available version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/wordpress-1.5.1.3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1921 |
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http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1921 |
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[ 2 ] GulfTech Advisory |
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http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00085-06282005 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-02.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |