Vulnerability identifier: #VU42742

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2202

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
WordPress
Web applications / CMS

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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WordPress: 0.71, 1.0 - 1.0.2, 1.2 - 1.2.5, 1.5 - 1.5.2, 2.0 - 2.0.11, 2.1 - 2.1.3, 2.2 - 2.2.3, 2.3 - 2.3.3, 2.5 - 2.5.1, 2.6 - 2.6.5, 2.7 - 2.7.1, 2.8 - 2.8.6, 2.9 - 2.9.2, 3.3 - 3.3.3, 3.4.0 - 3.4.2, 3.5.0

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External links
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976784

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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.