Chocolate WP – Responsive Photography Theme (All Versions) - Denial of Service and Abuse of Functionality

2013-01-24 00:00
Eugene Dokukin

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected Theme
Chocolate WP – Responsive Photography Theme | Photography
Affected Version
*
CVSS
7.5High
Weakness type
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
CVE
CVE pending
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At a glance

This record tracks a high-severity Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Chocolate WP WordPress theme, affecting versions *. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed January 2013, reported by Eugene Dokukin.

Vulnerability Overview

The Chocolate WP – Responsive Photography Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service and Abuse of Functionality in all versions. This is due to inclusion of a vulnerable version of TimThumb. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send users to other websites if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking a link in addition to causing a loss of functionality on the site.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity.

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Reaching this weakness in Chocolate WP * takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper input validation means the application accepts input without confirming it has the form, type or range the code downstream assumes.

The concrete impact depends on where the unvalidated value lands, which is why records in this class range from cosmetic bugs to full compromise. No fixed build of this theme is recorded for Chocolate WP yet, so installs running * stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Chocolate WP: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a644ac90-6cc4-495c-b880-4ebbc237bb57

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