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WordPress Remote Command Execution

by on Jun.03, 2006, under Computing

The SANS Institute has unconfirmed reports that all WordPress version (2.0.2 and prior) are vulnerable to a remote command execution vulnerability and an IP spoofing attack. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker can cause servers which open user registration or open account information modification to execute arbitrary commands with the privilege of the web server process.

[WordPress]

A flaw in the processing of client request headers allows the attacker to spoof their source IP in the WordPress logs, although web server logs should remain unaffected.
Updated Saturday June 3rd
WordPress 2.0.3 is now available for download to address this exploit. The upgrade worked flawlessly in less than 5 minutes.
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