WordPress Core < 2.0.3 - IP Address Spoofing

2006-06-01 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.0.3

Affected CoreWordPress 2.0

Affected Version<= 2.0.2

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2006-2702

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Vulnerability Overview

vars.php in WordPress 2.0.2, possibly when running on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to spoof their IP address via a PC_REMOTE_ADDR HTTP header, which vars.php uses to redefine $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-348 (Use of Less Trusted Source) The product has two different sources of the same data or information, but it uses the source that has less support for verification, is less trusted, or is less resistant to attack.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2702 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71b521b5-acb5-4439-90f8-7d341291d583

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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