WP-Stats wp-stats.php SQL injection
| wpstats-script-sql-injection (24163) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The WP-Stats plug-in for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the wp-stats.php script using the author parameter, which could allow the attacker to add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database.
Platforms Affected:
- WordPress, WP-Stats 2.0 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of WP-Stats (2.01 or later), available from the WP-Stats Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- WP-Stats - WordPress Plugin Repository, Display your WordPress statistics at http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/wp-stats.
- BID-16241: WP-Stats Author Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0238: SQL injection vulnerability in wp-stats.php in GaMerZ WP-Stats 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the author parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 22450: WP-Stats WordPress Plugin wp-stats.php author Variable SQL Injection
- SA18471: WP-Stats WordPress Plug-in "author" SQL Injection Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0192: WP-Stats WordPress Plug-in author Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability
Reported:
Jan 16, 2006
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