WordPress up to 2.0.4 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in WordPress up to 2.0.4. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-0700. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WordPress up to 2.0.4 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 3.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) the Quick/Bulk Edit title (aka post title or post_title), (2) post_status, (3) comment_status, (4) ping_status, and (5) escaping of tags within the tags meta box.

The weakness was presented 03/14/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0700. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52745 (Fedora 15 : wordpress-3.1-1.fc15 (2011-3408)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65314), Tenable (52745), SecurityFocus (BID 46249†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29768†). See VDB-56829 and VDB-58719 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 52745
Nessus Name: Fedora 15 : wordpress-3.1-1.fc15 (2011-3408)
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OpenVAS ID: 69326
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2190-1 (wordpress)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WordPress 2.0.5

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01/31/2011 🔍
02/07/2011 +7 days 🔍
02/07/2011 +0 days 🔍
02/15/2011 +8 days 🔍
03/14/2011 +27 days 🔍
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03/22/2011 +8 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +1459 days 🔍
10/19/2021 +2405 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: dsa-2190
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0700 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0700
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56828

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X-Force: 65314
SecurityFocus: 46249 - WordPress Prior to 3.0.5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 43729
Vulnerability Center: 29768 - WordPress prior to 3.0.5 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/19/2021 14:59
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (60), 03/15/2017 12:47 (9), 10/19/2021 14:54 (6), 10/19/2021 14:57 (1), 10/19/2021 14:59 (1)
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