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TITLE:
WordPress GD Star Rating Plugin Export Security Bypass Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49850

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/49850/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49850

RELEASE DATE:
2012-07-25

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/49850/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49850/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49850

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 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
Charlie Eriksen has discovered a security issue in the GD Star Rating
plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to
bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to a missing authentication and
authorisation check in the
wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/export.php script and can be
exploited to access otherwise restricted functionality and export
potentially sensitive information (e.g. user names, votes, email, and
IP addresses).

The security issue is confirmed in version 1.9.18. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.9.19 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Charlie Eriksen via Secunia.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
WordPress GD Star Rating Plugin:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gd-star-rating/changelog/
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/576629/gd-star-rating

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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