bugtraq - Re: Wordpress <= v2.1.0

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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:29:12 +0200
From: "vvitkov@...ergenia.de" <vvitkov@...ergenia.de>
To: ciri@...tuax.be
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Wordpress <= v2.1.0

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take a look at http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

By design the administrator can post anything ... even js/html

ciri@...tuax.be wrote:
> If you're logged in into wordpress as an admin, your comments aren't properly sanitized, thus allowing an XSS to be posted. This can be exploited using XSRF techniques.
> 
> More info & PoC: http://www.virtuax.be/advisories/Advisory4-20022007.txt

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Regards
Vladimir Vitkov
Operations Team
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