WordPress Trackback 'wp-trackback.php' 'tb_id' Parameter SQL Injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 24014

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by SQL injection attacks.

Description

The version of WordPress on the remote host fails to properly sanitize input to the 'tb_id' parameter of the 'wp-trackback.php' script before using it in database queries. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can leverage this issue to launch SQL injection attacks against the affected application, including discovery of password hashes of WordPress users.

Note that successful exploitation of this issue requires that PHP's 'register_globals' setting be enabled and that the remote version of PHP be older than 4.4.3 or 5.1.4.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24014

File Name: wordpress_tb_id_sql_injection.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/12/2007

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0233

BID: 21983

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