Info

Disclosure

Jan 15, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

WP-Stats WordPress Plugin contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the wp-stats.php script not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'author' variable. This may allow an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.01 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

WP-Stats

2.0

References

Bugtraq ID: 16241
Secunia Advisory ID: 18471
CVE ID: 2006-0238 (see also: NVD)
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-0192
Other Advisory URL: http://osvdb.org/ref/22/22450-wpstats.txt
Vendor URL: http://www.lesterchan.net/blogs/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.lesterchan.net/blogs/archives/2006/01/18/wp-stats-sql-injection-vulnerability

Credit

Preddy - lil.turkemail.com - RootShell Security Group

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/22450