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WordPress "Host" Header RSS Feed Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32882
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Release Date:
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2008-11-26
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Last Update:
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2008-12-01
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Popularity:
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1,482 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | WordPress 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-5278
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Description:
Jeremias Reith has reported a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed via the HTTP "Host" header is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site if malicious data is viewed.
Note: Reportedly, this only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x.
Solution:
Update to version 2.6.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jeremias Reith
Changelog:
2008-12-01: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-265/
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