WordPress themes.php cross-site scripting
| wordpress-themes-xss (34785) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the themes.php script. If an administrative user is logged in, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the page parameter to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- WordPress, WordPress 2.2
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jun 08 2007 - 08:15:38 CDT , Wordpress default theme XSS (admin) and other problems at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-06/0113.html.
- mybeNi websecurity blog: July 31st, 2007, Wordpress Persistant XSS Vulnerability in the Default Theme (v.2.2) at http://mybeni.rootzilla.de/mybeNi/2007/wordpress_zeroday_vulnerability_roundhouse_kick_and_why_i_nearly_wrote_the_first_blog_worm/.
- WordPress Web site, WordPress at http://wordpress.org/.
- BID-25161: WordPress Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-3238: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress 2.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1622. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries in some configurations, since the Administrator role has the unfiltered_html capability.
- DSA-1502: wordpress -- several vulnerabilities
- SA25541: WordPress Unmoderated Comments Disclosure and Default Theme Cross-Site Scripting
Reported:
Jun 08, 2007
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