Bug 426431

Summary:	Draft text access not restricted to administrators
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	adrian
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202779
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Fixed In Version:	wordpress-2.3.2-1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2007-12-30 10:01:16 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	426432, 426433, 426434
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Description Lubomir Kundrak 2007-12-20 23:25:33 UTC

From Gentoo bugzilla:

Michael Brooks has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and to
disclose sensitive information.

The application does not properly restrict access to posted drafts to users
with valid administrator credentials. This can be exploited to read drafts by
accessing the index.php script with data in the "PATH_INFO" URL part ending
with "wp-admin/".

Examples:
http://[host]/[path]/index.php/wp-admin/
http://[host]/[path]/index.php/test-wp-admin/

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.3.1. Other versions may also be
affected.

Solution:
Do not post sensitive information as drafts.

Comment 2 Adrian Reber 2007-12-30 09:29:31 UTC

This should be: http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5487

And is fixed with the wordpress 2.3.2 release.

Comment 3 Adrian Reber 2007-12-30 10:01:16 UTC

Fixed in rawhide and stable update request have been made for F-7 and F-8.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-01-03 01:39:19 UTC

wordpress-2.3.2-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-01-03 01:41:35 UTC

wordpress-2.3.2-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.