WordPress multiple scripts cross-site scripting
| wordpress-multiple-scripts-xss (17532) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could send a malicious URL link to the wp-login.php, bookmarklet.php, catagories.php, edit.php or edit-comments.php script containing embedded code in various variables, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the link is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo, Linux
- WordPress, WordPress 1.2
Remedy:
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of WordPress (1.2.1 or later), as listed in GLSA 200410-12 . See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 27 2004 - 18:16:08 CDT , Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in Wordpress 1.2 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-09/0382.html.
- WordPress Web site, cafelog/wordpress at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/cafelog/wordpress/.
- BID-11268: Wordpress Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1559: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Wordpress 1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) redirect_to, text, popupurl, or popuptitle parameters to wp-login.php, (2) redirect_url parameter to admin-header.php, (3) popuptitle, popupurl, content, or post_title parameters to bookmarklet.php, (4) cat_ID parameter to categories.php, (5) s parameter to edit.php, or (6) s or mode parameter to edit-comments.php.
- SA12683: Wordpress Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1011440: WordPress Input Validation Hole Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Reported:
Sep 27, 2004
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