NASLDB: jRSS Widget Plugin for WordPress proxy.php url Parameter Arbitrary File Access
General
ID: 50576
Name: jRSS Widget Plugin for WordPress proxy.php url Parameter Arbitrary File Access
Summary: Tries to read a local file
Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:U/RC:ND
Port: 80
Family: CGI abuses
Type: Remote
Description
The version of the jRSS Widget plugin for WordPress installed on the
remote host does not sanitize input to the ‘url’ parameter of the
‘proxy.php’ script before using it to return the contents of a file.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to disclose
the contents of sensitive files on the affected system subject to the
privileges under which the web server operates.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: True
Exploitability Ease: Exploits are available
Sources
CVE: –
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: 2010/11/08
Patch Release: –
Plugin Release: 2010/11/12
Plugin
Version: 1.6
Filename: jrss_widget_url_file_disclosure.nasl
Filesize: 4871 bytes
MD5 Hash: bc2ce57e95a957dba237e57760e78b6f
Identification: Host/OS
Require Keys: www/PHP", "www/wordpress
Dependencies: "wordpress_detect.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl"
Copyright: This script is Copyright© 2010-2011 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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