WordPress Core 2.9.2 and 3.0.4 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2011-01-28 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.0

Affected CoreWordPress 3.0

Affected Version2.9.2 – 3.0.4 · 2 branches

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2011-3818

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Vulnerability Overview

WordPress 2.9.2 and 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by wp-admin/includes/user.php and certain other files.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.0, 3.0.5 --- 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-2011-3818 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f389cbf-a327-46a1-9fb7-ed393212033a

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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