Information disclosure in WordPress

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU44666

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3818

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

WordPress 2.9.2 and 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by wp-admin/includes/user.php and certain other files.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WordPress: 2.9.2 - 3.0.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wordpress_org:wordpress:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wordpress_org:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README
https://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/wordpress_2.9.2
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.