WordPress 2.2 Comment Display privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in WordPress 2.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Comment Display Handler. Such manipulation leads to privilege escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3238. There is no exploit available. It is best to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WordPress 2.2 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Comment Display Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress 2.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1622. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries in some configurations, since the Administrator role has the unfiltered_html capability.

The weakness was shared 06/04/2007 by Sumit Siddharth (Website). The advisory is shared for download at blogsecurity.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-3238 since 06/14/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31146 (Debian DSA-1502-1 : wordpress - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34785), Tenable (31146), SecurityFocus (BID 25161†), OSVDB (37292†) and Secunia (SA25541†). The entries VDB-40459, VDB-40458 and VDB-85839 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 31146
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1502-1 : wordpress - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 60436
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1502-1 (wordpress)
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Recommended: Disable
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03/15/2021 +4754 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: blogsecurity.net
Researcher: Sumit Siddharth
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3104

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X-Force: 34785
SecurityFocus: 25161 - WordPress Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25541 - WordPress Unmoderated Comments Disclosure and Default Theme Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
OSVDB: 37292 - WordPress Predictable Cookie Unmoderated Comment Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 17810 - WordPress 2.2 functions.php Cross-Site Scripting, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2007 14:37
Updated: 03/15/2021 14:14
Changes: 06/12/2007 14:37 (71), 01/13/2017 10:50 (10), 03/15/2021 14:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:3FC:103

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