Vulnerability CVE-2009-2334
Published: 2009-07-10   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive information or modify this file, as demonstrated by the (1) collapsing-archives/options.txt, (2) akismet/readme.txt, (3) related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, (4) wp-security-scan/securityscan.php, and (5) wp-ids/ids-admin.php files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and denial of service.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information Disclosures
Core
14.07.2009

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
4.9/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 
Wordpress -> Wordpress mu 

 References:
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
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