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TITLE:
WordPress Pierre's Wordspew Plugin SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42764

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-01-07

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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Pierre's Wordspew
plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious users and
malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed via the "jal_lastID" and "tb" parameters to
wp-content/plugins/pierres-wordspew/wordspew.php is not properly
sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to
manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 5.61. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Upgrade to version 6.0 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Kevin Fernandez.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pierres-wordspew/changelog/

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