Description

WordPress is prone to a vulnerability that lets remote attackers inject and execute arbitrary code because the application fails to sanitize user-supplied input. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected webserver process; this may result in total compromise of the web server. WordPress versions prior to 1.5.2 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 1.5.2 or latest

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14533/exploit

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0234.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/16386/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2005-2612 CWE-94 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Code Execution