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>> WordPress "cookie" Parameter Handling Remote SQL Query Injection Vulnerability
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Title : WordPress "cookie" Parameter Handling Remote SQL Query Injection Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1889
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2821
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-05-21
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A vulnerability has been identified in WordPress, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" script that does not validate the "cookie" parameter before being used in SQL statements, which could be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Affected Products
WordPress version 2.1.3 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to WordPress version 2.2 :
http://wordpress.org/download
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1889
http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-50.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Janek Vind (waraxe).
ChangeLog
2007-05-21 : Initial release
Vulnerability Management
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