Bug 659299 - Wordpress: XSS when deleting a plugin
Summary: Wordpress: XSS when deleting a plugin
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 659319 668192
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-12-02 13:08 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:41 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-09-14 22:41:42 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2010-12-02 13:08:02 UTC 
An improper input sanitization flaw was found in way Wordpress
performed plugin removal. A remote attacker, with Wordpress
administrator privilege, could use this flaw to conduct
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks (execute arbitrary HTML
or scripting code) via a specially-crafted plugin name, author
or directory path.

References:
[1] http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2

Upstream changeset:
[2] http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16373
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-12-02 14:25:20 UTC 
This issue affects the versions of the wordpress package,
as shipped with Fedora release of 13 and 14.

Please fix.

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This issue affects the version of the wordpress package,
as present within EPEL-5 repository.

Please schedule and update.
Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-12-02 14:42:37 UTC 
CVE Request:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/1
Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-12-02 14:45:10 UTC 
Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 659319]
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