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CVE-2009-2334 Detail

Description

wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive information or modify this file, as demonstrated by the (1) collapsing-archives/options.txt, (2) akismet/readme.txt, (3) related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, (4) wp-security-scan/securityscan.php, and (5) wp-ids/ids-admin.php files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and denial of service.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  07/10/2009

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 6.8

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584 Exploit Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html

Technical Details

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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2.7.1
 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2.7

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2334
NVD Published Date:
07/10/2009
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2018