Account hijacking in WordPress - CVE-2017-14990

Vulnerability identifier: #VU8813

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14990

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack user accounts.

The weakness exists due to the system stores 'wp_signups.activation_key' values in clear text. A remote attacker can gain access to 'wp_signups.activation_key' values and hijack user accounts that have not been activated.

WordPress
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
apache2-debugsource
apache2-worker-debuginfo
apache2-devel
apache2-utils-debuginfo
apache2-debuginfo
apache2
apache2-utils
apache2-prefork
apache2-prefork-debuginfo
apache2-worker
apache2-doc

Install update from vendor's website.

WordPress - update to 4.8.3
apache2-debugsource - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-worker-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-devel - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-utils-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2 - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-utils - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-prefork - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-prefork-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-worker - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1
apache2-doc - update to 2.4.51-150200.3.70.1

• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38474

• Account hijacking in Wordpress
• Debian update for wordpress
• SUSE update for apache2