WP-Forum plugin for Wordpress page_id index.php SQL injection
| wpforum-index-sql-injection (39800) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The WP-Forum plugin for Wordpress is vulnerable to SQL injection. If "showprofile" is selected as the "formaction" setting and "page_id" is set to a page with the "<!--WPFORUM-->" tag, a remote attacker with knowledge of the database table prefix could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the index.php script using the user parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
Platforms Affected:
- WordPress, WP-Forum plugin for WordPress 1.7.4
Remedy:
No remedy available as of October 11, 2008.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- WordPress Web site, WP-Forum Plugin at http://wordpress.org/support/topic/108314.
- BID-27362: WordPress Plugin WP-Forum SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-0388: SQL injection vulnerability in the WP-Forum 1.7.4 plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the user parameter in a showprofile action to the default URI.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0235: WP-Forum Plugin for WordPress user SQL Query Injection Vulnerability
- SA28567: WordPress WP-Forum Plugin "user" SQL Injection
Reported:
Jan 19, 2008
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