WordPress WordPress MU 2.7 choose_primary_blog cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in WordPress WordPress MU 2.7 (Content Management System). This affects the function choose_primary_blog. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the choose_primary_blog function in wp-includes/wpmu-functions.php in WordPress MU (WPMU) before 2.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP Host header.

The bug was discovered 03/10/2009. The weakness was presented 03/19/2009 by Juan Galiana Lara (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1030 since 03/19/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37866 (Fedora 10 : wordpress-mu-2.6.5-2.fc10 (2009-3474)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49184), Tenable (37866) and Exploit-DB (8196).

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Nessus ID: 37866
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : wordpress-mu-2.6.5-2.fc10 (2009-3474)
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OpenVAS ID: 66258
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-11292 (wordpress-mu)
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Vendor: wordpress.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Juan Galiana Lara
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-1030 (🔍)
X-Force: 49184
SecurityTracker: 1021838
Vulnerability Center: 21734 - WordPress MU < 2.7 Choose_primary_blog function Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34075 - WordPress MU 'wp-includes/wpmu-functions.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 52814 - WordPress - MU 'wp-includes.wpmu-functions.php' Cross-Site Scripting Issue

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

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 10:17
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (77), 09/02/2019 10:17 (10)
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