GLSA 200506-04: Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/06/2005
Bugs:	#88926, #94512
ID:	200506-04

Synopsis

Wordpress contains SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities.

Background

WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/wordpress	< 1.5.1.2	>= 1.5.1.2	All supported architectures

Description

Due to a lack of input validation, WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection and XSS attacks.

Impact

An attacker could use the SQL injection vulnerabilities to gain information from the database. Furthermore the cross-site scripting issues give an attacker the ability to inject and execute malicious script code or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, potentially compromising the victim's browser.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Wordpress users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/wordpress-1.5.1.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-04.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.