CVE-2007-0107

Current Description

WordPress before 2.0.6, when mbstring is enabled for PHP, decodes alternate character sets after escaping the SQL query, which allows remote attackers to bypass SQL injection protection schemes and execute arbitrary SQL commands via multibyte charsets, as demonstrated using UTF-7.

Evaluator Description

Successful exploitation requires that the "mbstring" extension be enabled.This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release:WordPress, WordPress, 2.0.6

Basic Data

PublishedJanuary 09, 2007
Last ModifiedOctober 16, 2018
Assignercve@mitre.org
Data TypeCVE
Data FormatMITRE
Data Version4.0
Problem TypeNVD-CWE-Other
CVE Data Version4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector StringAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 2 - Access VectorNETWORK
CVSS 2 - Access ComplexityMEDIUM
CVSS 2 - AuthenticationNONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality ImpactPARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Availability ImpactPARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Base Score6.8
SeverityMEDIUM
Exploitability Score8.6
Impact Score6.4
Obtain All Privilegefalse
Obtain User Privilegefalse
Obtain Other Privilegetrue

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

  • OR - Configuration 1
    Cpe VersionPartVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguageSW EditionTarget SWTarget HWOtherVersion Start IncludingVersion End IncludingVersion Start ExcludingVersion End Excluding
    2.3ApplicationWordpressWordpress********2.0.5

Vulnerable Software List

VendorProductVersions
Wordpress Wordpress *

References

NameSourceURLTags
31579http://osvdb.org/31579OSVDB
23595http://secunia.com/advisories/23595SECUNIAPATCH Vendor Advisory
23741http://secunia.com/advisories/23741SECUNIA
GLSA-200701-10http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xmlGENTOO
2112http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2112SREASON
http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/CONFIRMPATCH
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_022007.141.htmlhttp://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_022007.141.htmlMISCPATCH Vendor Advisory
OpenPKG-SA-2007.005http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.005.htmlOPENPKGPATCH Vendor Advisory
20070105 Advisory 02/2007: WordPress Trackback Charset Decoding SQL Injection Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456049/100/0/threadedBUGTRAQ
21907http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21907BIDExploit PATCH
ADV-2007-0061http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0061VUPEN
wordpress-mbstring-security-bypass(31297)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31297XF