WordPress login fields SQL injection
| wordpress-login-sql-injection (34746) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the xmlrpc.php script using the login fields, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
Platforms Affected:
- OpenPKG, OpenPKG CURRENT
- WordPress, WordPress 2.2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of WordPress (2.2.1 or later), available from the WordPress Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- WordPress Web site, WordPress at http://wordpress.org/.
- BID-24344: WordPress XMLRPC.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3140: SQL injection vulnerability in xmlrpc.php in WordPress 2.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a parameter value in an XML RPC wp.suggestCategories methodCall, a different vector than CVE-2007-1897.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2099: WordPress XML-RPC Interface wp_suggestCategories() SQL Injection Vulnerability
- OpenPKG-SA-2007.021: wordpress
- SA25552: WordPress XML-RPC "wp.suggestCategories" SQL Injection
Reported:
Jun 06, 2007
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