Bug 904120 (CVE-2013-0235) - CVE-2013-0235 wordpress: Server-side request forgery and remote port scanning using pingbacks
Summary: CVE-2013-0235 wordpress: Server-side request forgery and remote port scanning...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-0235
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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: 904276 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 904124 904125
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-01-25 14:00 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2021-10-19 21:59 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: WordPress 3.5.1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2021-10-19 21:59:50 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-25 14:00:38 UTC 
From WordPress upstream v3.5.1 advisory [1]:
* A server-side request forgery vulnerability and remote port scanning using pingbacks. This vulnerability, which could potentially be used to expose information and compromise a site, affects all previous WordPress versions. This was fixed by the WordPress security team. We’d like to thank security researchers Gennady Kovshenin and Ryan Dewhurst for reviewing our work.

References:
[1] http://wordpress.org/news/2013/01/wordpress-3-5-1/
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/25/7
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-25 14:03:42 UTC 
This issue affects the versions of the wordpress package, as shipped with Fedora release of 16, 17, and 18. Please schedule an update.

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This issue affects the versions of the wordpress package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL 5 and Fedora EPEL 6. Please schedule an update.
Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-25 14:10:12 UTC 
Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 904124]
Affects: epel-all [bug 904125]
Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-28 09:29:13 UTC 
*** Bug 904276 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-29 10:09:59 UTC 
The CVE identifier of CVE-2013-0235 has been assigned to this issue:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/7
Comment 5 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-29 10:11:05 UTC 
Further references:
  http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/23330
  http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-zone/wordpress-pingback-vulnerability/
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-02-10 04:25:36 UTC 
wordpress-3.5.1-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-02-10 04:44:35 UTC 
wordpress-3.5.1-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-02-27 18:01:40 UTC 
wordpress-3.5.1-2.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2013-02-27 18:05:14 UTC 
wordpress-3.5.1-2.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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