WordPress wp-comments-post.php cross-site scripting
| wordpress-wpcommentspost-xss (24957) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the wp-comments-post.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the Name or Website parameters to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of WordPress (2.0.2 or later), available from the WordPress Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Feb 27 2006 - 17:30:57 CST: WordPress 2.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities.
- WordPress Web site: WordPress.
- BID-16880: WordPress Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0985: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the post comment functionality of WordPress 2.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, (2) website, and (3) comment parameters.
- CVE-2006-0986: WordPress 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) default-filters.php, (2) template-loader.php, (3) rss-functions.php, (4) locale.php, (5) wp-db.php, and (6) kses.php in the wp-includes/ directory; and (7) edit-form-advanced.php, (8) admin-functions.php, (9) edit-link-form.php, (10) edit-page-form.php, (11) admin-footer.php, and (12) menu.php in the wp-admin directory; and possibly (13) list directory contents of the wp-includes directory. NOTE: the vars.php, edit-form.php, wp-settings.php, and edit-form-comment.php vectors are already covered by CVE-2005-4463. The menu-header.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-2110. Other vectors might be covered by CVE-2005-1688. NOTE: if the typical installation of WordPress does n
- SA19050: WordPress Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0777: WordPress Cross Site Scripting And Full Path Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- WordPress WordPress 2.0.1 and prior
Reported:
Feb 27, 2006
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