WordPress 2.2 XMLRPC XMLRPC.PHP sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in WordPress 2.2 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file XMLRPC.PHP of the component XMLRPC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 06/07/2007 by Alexander Concha (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3140 since 06/08/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Slappter and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. By approaching the search of inurl:XMLRPC.PHP it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25591 (FreeBSD : wordpress -- XMLRPC SQL Injection (0838733d-1698-11dc-a197-0011098b2f36)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5421.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34746), Exploit-DB (4039), Tenable (25591), SecurityFocus (BID 24344†) and OSVDB (36321†).

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Slappter
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Nessus ID: 25591
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : wordpress -- XMLRPC SQL Injection (0838733d-1698-11dc-a197-0011098b2f36)
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OpenVAS ID: 58843
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: wordpress, de-wordpress, zh-wordpress
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Recommended: Disable
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Suricata ID: 2004654
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: Alexander Concha
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3140 (🔍)
X-Force: 34746 - WordPress login fields SQL injection, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 24344 - WordPress XMLRPC.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 25552 - WordPress XML-RPC "wp.suggestCategories" SQL Injection, Less Critical
OSVDB: 36321 - WordPress xmlrpc.php XMLRPC wp.suggestCategories Parameter SQL Injection
Vulnerability Center: 15524 - WordPress Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary SQL Commands Injection, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2099

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2007 02:38 PM
Updated: 09/20/2024 11:28 AM
Changes: 06/12/2007 02:38 PM (98), 09/11/2017 08:48 AM (6), 03/15/2021 02:20 PM (3), 09/20/2024 11:28 AM (15)
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