#VU42742 Information disclosure in WordPress - CVE-2013-2202

 

#VU42742 Information disclosure in WordPress - CVE-2013-2202

Published: July 8, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42742
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2013-2202
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WordPress
Software vendor:
WordPress.ORG

Description

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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