Wordpress 2.8.1 [1] has been released which corrects the following flaw: Privileges Unchecked in admin.php?page= leading to Local File Includes (CVE-2009-2334) This can be used to disclose files in the wp-content/plugins folder, or open plugin configuration pages and change settings. (In conjunction with faulty plugins, XSS is possible as well, as shown in an example) In addition, the Core Labs advisory [2] notes other information disclosures: - Login and forgotten password facilitate valid username enumeration (CVE-2009-2335, CVE-2009-2336); previously reported but upstream won't fix it alleging user convenience - Usernames are only hidden inside HTML comments by default - Several installation path disclosures; Upstream does not believe this to be a flaw in Wordpress [3] [1] http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/ [2] http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=FrontEndMod&action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked [3] http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10367#comment:3
wordpress-mu-2.7-6.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.7-6.fc11
wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc11
wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc10
wordpress-2.8.1-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.8.1-1.el5
Additional CVE's assigned: CVE-2009-2431 (username of a post's author in HTML comment) CVE-2009-2432 (installation path in error message)
wordpress-2.8.1-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
wordpress-2.8.1-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
wordpress-mu-2.7-8.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.7-8.el5
wordpress-mu-2.7-6.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc11
wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.el5
wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc10
wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.