Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-2667 - Remote PHP Code Injection vulnerability in WordPress Username

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
wordpress
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Direct static code injection vulnerability in WordPress 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a carriage return and PHP code when updating a profile, which is appended after a special comment sequence into files in (1) wp-content/cache/userlogins/ (2) wp-content/cache/users/ which are later included by cache.php, as demonstrated using the displayname argument.

Exploit-Db

descriptionWordPress. CVE-2006-2667. Webapps exploit for php platform
idEDB-ID:6
last seen2016-01-31
modified2006-05-25
published2006-05-25
reporterrgod
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/6/
titleWordPress <= 2.0.2 - cache Remote Shell Injection Exploit

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200606-08.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-08 (WordPress: Arbitrary command execution) rgod discovered that WordPress insufficiently checks the format of cached username data. Impact : An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands by sending a specially crafted username. As of Wordpress 2.0.2 the user data cache is disabled by default. Workaround : There are no known workarounds at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id21681
published2006-06-11
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21681
titleGLSA-200606-08 : WordPress: Arbitrary command execution
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-08.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(21681);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:43");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2667", "CVE-2006-2702");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200606-08");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200606-08 : WordPress: Arbitrary command execution");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-08
(WordPress: Arbitrary command execution)

    rgod discovered that WordPress insufficiently checks the format of
    cached username data.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary
    commands by sending a specially crafted username. As of Wordpress 2.0.2
    the user data cache is disabled by default.
  
Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-08"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest available version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/wordpress-2.0.3'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/06/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/05/25");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"www-apps/wordpress", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.0.3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.0.3"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "WordPress");
}