Wordpress admin-ajax.php SQL injection
| wordpress-adminajax-sql-injection (34399) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Wordpress is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the admin-ajax.php script using the cookie parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- WordPress, WordPress 2.1.3
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Wordpress (2.2 or later), available from the Wordpress Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon May 21 2007 - 07:20:03 CDT , [waraxe-2007-SA#050] - Sql Injection in WordPress 2.1.3 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0319.html.
- Wordpress Web site, WordPress:Download at http://wordpress.org/download.
- Wordpress Web site, WordPress › Blog Tool and Weblog Platform at http://wordpress.org/.
- BID-24076: Wordpress Admin-Ajax.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2821: SQL injection vulnerability in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php in WordPress before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cookie parameter.
- DSA-1502: wordpress -- several vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-1889: WordPress cookie Parameter Handling Remote SQL Query Injection Vulnerability
- SA25345: WordPress "admin-ajax.php" SQL Injection
Reported:
May 21, 2007
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