Wordpress XMLRPC.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability

TITLE: Wordpress XMLRPC.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
CLASS: Input Validation Error
CVE:
REMOTE: Yes
LOCAL: No
PUBLISHED: Jun 06 2007 12:00AM
UPDATE: Jun 08 2007 01:40AM
CREDIT: Slappter is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
VULNERABLE:

WordPress WordPress 2.2

NOT VULNERABLE:

WordPress WordPress 2.2.1

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Discussion

WordPress is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in an SQL query.

A successful exploit could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

This issue affects WordPress 2.2; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Exploit

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following exploit is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/24344.csharp

Solution

Solution:
The vendor has released WordPress 2.2.1 to address this issue; please see the references for details on fixes and upgrades.


WordPress WordPress 2.2

• WordPress latest.tar.gz
  http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

References

References:

• Ticket #4348 : Make sure max_results in wp_suggestCategories is an integer (XML- (WordPress)
  
• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)
  

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