CVE-2009-2334 Information

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.

Reference

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.osvdb.org/55712 http://www.osvdb.org/55715 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