From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Aug 10 2005 - 06:51:12 CDT

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TITLE:
WordPress "cache_lastpostdate" PHP Code Insertion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16386

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16386/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Wordpress 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3978/

DESCRIPTION:
kartoffelguru has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "cache_lastpostdate" parameter via cookies is not
properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject
arbitrary PHP script code.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.5.1.3. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
kartoffelguru

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