Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-3140 - SQL Injection vulnerability in Wordpress 2.2

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
wordpress
nessus
exploit available

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in xmlrpc.php in WordPress 2.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a parameter value in an XML RPC wp.suggestCategories methodCall, a different vector than CVE-2007-1897.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wordpress
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionWordpress 2.2 (xmlrpc.php) Remote SQL Injection Exploit. CVE-2007-3140. Webapps exploit for php platform
fileexploits/php/webapps/4039.txt
idEDB-ID:4039
last seen2016-01-31
modified2007-06-06
platformphp
port
published2007-06-06
reporterSlappter
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/4039/
titleWordPress 2.2 - xmlrpc.php Remote SQL Injection Exploit
typewebapps

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_0838733D169811DCA1970011098B2F36.NASL
descriptionSecunia reports : Slappter has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input passed to the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id25591
published2007-06-27
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25591
titleFreeBSD : wordpress -- XMLRPC SQL Injection (0838733d-1698-11dc-a197-0011098b2f36)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25591);
  script_version("1.23");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:38");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3140");
  script_bugtraq_id(24344);
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"25552");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : wordpress -- XMLRPC SQL Injection (0838733d-1698-11dc-a197-0011098b2f36)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Secunia reports :

Slappter has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the 'wp.suggestCategories' method in xmlrpc.php is not
properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieving usernames and password
hashes, but requires valid user credentials and knowledge of the
database table prefix."
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/0838733d-1698-11dc-a197-0011098b2f36.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b79f3641"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/06/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/27");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"wordpress<2.2.1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"de-wordpress<2.2.1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"zh-wordpress<2.2.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");