WordPress Core < 2.3.2 - SQL Injection

2007-09-08 00:00
Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.3.2
Affected CoreWordPress 2.3
Affected Version<= 2.3.1
CVSS9.8Critical
CVECVE-2007-6318
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Vulnerability Overview

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/query.php in WordPress 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the s parameter, when DB_CHARSET is set to (1) Big5, (2) GBK, or possibly other character set encodings that support a "\" in a multibyte character.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.3.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')) The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.

External References

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