41136 : WordPress XML-RPC xmlrpc.php Unauthenticated Post Modification
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	2260	over 4 years ago	about 1 year ago	6 times	65%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2008-02-05	2008-02-05

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-0664" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The XML-RPC implementation (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress before 2.3.3, when registration is enabled, allows remote attackers to edit posts of other blog users via unknown vectors.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure, Discovered in the Wild
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

WordPress

2.3.2

References

Security Tracker: 1019316
CVE ID: 2008-0664 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 27669
Secunia Advisory ID: 28823 28920 30960
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2008-0448
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00182.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1601
http://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2008/02/02/wordpress-232-exploit-confirmed/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00349.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://wordpress.org/development/2008/02/wordpress-233/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431547

Tools & Filters

	31069 33402
	4364

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-02-08 | Disagree?

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