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>> WordPress XML-RPC Interface "wp_suggestCategories()" SQL Injection Vulnerability
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Title : WordPress XML-RPC Interface "wp_suggestCategories()" SQL Injection Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2099
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3140
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-06-07
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A vulnerability has been identified in WordPress, which could be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary SQL queries. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "wp_suggestCategories()" [xmlrpc.php] function that does not validate user-supplied arguments before being used in SQL statements, which could be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Affected Products
WordPress version 2.2 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to WordPress version 2.2.1 :
http://wordpress.org/download/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2099
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Slappter.
ChangeLog
2007-06-07 : Initial release
2007-06-21 : Updated Solution
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