WordPress up to 2.1.1 Error Message information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in WordPress up to 2.1.1 (Content Management System). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request for wp-admin/admin-functions.php, which reveals the path in an error message.

The bug was discovered 03/08/2007. The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-1409 since 03/10/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24889 (GLSA-200703-23 : WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32881) and Tenable (24889). The entries 2962, 35885, 35362 and 35126 are pretty similar.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 24889
Nessus Name: GLSA-200703-23 : WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 58161
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-23 (wordpress)
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Suricata ID: 2004403
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-1409 (🔍)
X-Force: 32881
Vulnerability Center: 14733 - WordPress Remote Path Disclosure via a Direct Request for wp-admin/admin-functions.php, Medium
Secunia: 24430 - WordPress "demo" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 34360 - CVE-2007-1409 - WordPress - Path Disclosure Issue

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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 07/17/2019 09:41
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (76), 07/17/2019 09:41 (4)
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