58825 : WordPress wp-admin/user-edit.php user_id Parameter Arbitrary User Metadata Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
2	190	over 2 years ago	over 2 years ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2006-10-27	2006-10-27

Description

WordPress contains a flaw that may allow a malicious remote authenticated user to read the metadata of an arbitrary user via a modified 'user_id' parameter submitted tp wp-admin/user-edit.php, resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

An attacker must supply valid user authentication credentials in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

WordPress	WordPress	0.6.2.1
		1.5.2
		0.7
		2.1.1 (not affected)
		1.5.1.2
		2.0
		1.1.x
		1.5
		2.3.1 (not affected)
		2.0.5 (not affected)
		2.0.1
		2.5.1 (not affected)
		2.8.3 (not affected)
		0.71
		2.0.2
		2.1.x (not affected)
		1.5.1.3
		2.1.3 (not affected)
		1.7.4
		2.8 (not affected)
		1.2.2
		2.0.3
		2.0.11 (not affected)
		1.0
		0.70
		2.2.1 (not affected)
		1.5
		2.8.2 (not affected)
		1.2.2
		2.2 (not affected)
		1.x
		1.2.x
		1.3
		2.8.1 (not affected)
		1.2.1
		2.x
		1.2
		2.0.4
		2.3.2 (not affected)
		1.5.1
		0.6.2
		0.71

References

CVE ID: 2006-6016 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3142
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-11-25 | Disagree?

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