WordPress Core < 1.5.1.3 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2005-06-29 00:00

James Bercegay

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.1.3

Affected CoreWordPress 1.5

Affected Version<= 1.5.1.2

CVSS7.3High

CVECVE-2005-2110

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Vulnerability Overview

WordPress 1.5.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) a direct request to menu-header.php or a "1" value in the feed parameter to (2) wp-atom.php, (3) wp-rss.php, or (4) wp-rss2.php, which reveal the path in an error message. NOTE: vector [1] was later reported to also affect WordPress 2.0.1.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.1.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2110 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf48087a-f729-488a-8e40-f4e010ccd5a7

CVSS Vector

7.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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