Name | CVE-2008-0664 |
Description | The XML-RPC implementation (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress before 2.3.3, when registration is enabled, allows remote attackers to edit posts of other blog users via unknown vectors. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-1601-1 |
Debian Bugs | 464170 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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wordpress (PTS) | bullseye, bullseye (security) | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - wordpress <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
The blog has to provide user accounts
A crafted XML-RPC request referring to a valid user can exploit this
This is specific to wordpress' implementation of xmlrpc.php, which is
not included in any other packages.