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TITLE:
WordPress "posts_columns" Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27407

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27407/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

REVISION:
1.1 originally posted 2007-10-29

SOFTWARE:
WordPress 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6745/

DESCRIPTION:
Janek Vind has discovered a vulnerability in WordPress, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "posts_columns" parameter in
wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php is not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML
and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected
site.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.3. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.3.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Janek Vind "waraxe"

CHANGELOG:
2007-10-29: Added vendor link to the "Original Advisory" section.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Janek Vind:
http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-59.html

WordPress:
http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/wordpress-231/

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