The wp_validate_auth_cookie function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 does not properly determine the validity of authentication cookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a forged cookie.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in wordpress :

WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 allows remote authenticated users to publish posts by leveraging the Contributor role, related to wp-admin/includes/post.php and wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php (CVE-2014-0165).

The wp_validate_auth_cookie function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.7.2 and 3.8.x before 3.8.2 does not properly determine the validity of authentication cookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a forged cookie (CVE-2014-0166).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Upstream announcements :

  - http://wordpress.org/news/2014/04/wordpress-3-8-2/

    - http://wordpress.org/news/2014/04/wordpress-3-8-3/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Upstream announcement:
http://wordpress.org/news/2014/04/wordpress-3-8-2/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2014-0165     A user with a contributor role, using a specially     crafted request, can publish posts, which is reserved     for users of the next-higher role.

  - CVE-2014-0166     Jon Cave of the WordPress security team discovered that     the wp_validate_auth_cookie function in     wp-includes/pluggable.php does not properly determine     the validity of authentication cookies, allowing a     remote attacker to obtain access via a forged cookie.

According to its version number, the WordPress install hosted on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw exists within the application that could allow a     remote attacker with the contributor role to publish     posts. (CVE-2014-0165)

  - A authentication bypass flaw exists with the     'wp_validate_auth_cookie' function within the     'wp-includes/pluggable.php' script. This could allow a     remote attacker to bypass authentication using a forged     authentication cookie. (CVE-2014-0166)

  - A SQL injection flaw exists that could allow a remote     attacker who is a trusted user to manipulate or inject     SQL queries to the backend database, manipulating or     disclosing arbitrary data.

  - A cross-domain scripting flaw exists through Plupload.
    This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary     code, with a specially crafted request, within the trust     relationship between the server and browser.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
74081	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wordpress (MDVSA-2014:103)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
73692	Fedora 19 : wordpress-3.8.3-1.fc19 (2014-5028)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
73548	Fedora 20 : wordpress-3.8.2-1.fc20 (2014-5029)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
73485	Debian DSA-2901-1 : wordpress - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
73471	WordPress < 3.7.2 / 3.8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2014-0166

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium

medium

medium