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wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):wordpress CVE #(s):CVE-2007-3238 CVE-2007-2821 CVE-2008-0193 CVE-2008-0194
Created:February 22, 2008 Updated:February 27, 2008
Description: From the Debian advisory:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php. (CVE-2007-3238)

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php in WordPress before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cookie parameter. (CVE-2007-2821)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. (CVE-2008-0193)

Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. (CVE-2008-0194)

Alerts:
Debian DSA-1502-1 2008-02-22

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