SB2013070801 - Multiple vulnerabilities in WordPress
Published: July 8, 2013 Updated: November 2, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2199)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The HTTP API in WordPress before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to send HTTP requests to intranet servers via unspecified vectors, related to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) issue, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0235.
2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2200)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.
WordPress before 3.5.2 does not properly check the capabilities of roles, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions on publishing and authorship reassignment via unspecified vectors.
3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2201)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in WordPress before 3.5.2 when processing vectors involving (1) uploads of media files, (2) editing of media files, (3) installation of plugins, (4) updates to plugins, (5) installation of themes, or (6) updates to themes. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2202)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
WordPress before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an oEmbed XML provider response containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
5) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2203)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
WordPress before 3.5.2, when the uploads directory forbids write access, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid upload request, which reveals the absolute path in an XMLHttpRequest error message.
6) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2205)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.