---------------------------------------------------------------------- Frost & Sullivan 2011 Report: Secunia Vulnerability Research \"Frost & Sullivan believes that Secunia continues to be a major player in the vulnerability research market due to its diversity of products that provide best-in-class coverage, quality, and usability.\" This is just one of the key factors that influenced Frost & Sullivan to select Secunia over other companies. Read the report here: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/fs_request_2011/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: WordPress AddThis Plugin Compromised Source Packages Backdoor Security Issue SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA45027 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/45027/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45027 RELEASE DATE: 2011-06-23 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/45027/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/45027/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45027 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A security issue has been reported in the AddThis plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The security issue is caused due to the distribution of compromised AddThis plugin source code packages containing a backdoor, which can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary PHP code. The compromised source files were distributed on June 21st, 2011 and possibly prior. SOLUTION: Manually install version 2.2.0 downloaded after June 21st, 2011. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://wordpress.org/news/2011/06/passwords-reset/ 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------