CVE-2010-4257

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the do_trackbacks function in wp-includes/comment.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Send Trackbacks field.

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.80% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42844 third party advisory
http://wordpress.org/news/2010/11/wordpress-3-0-2/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2138 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052932.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42753 third party advisory
http://blog.sjinks.pro/wordpress/858-information-disclosure-via-sql-injection-attack/ broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052892.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42871 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3337 vdb entry third party advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605603 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16625 vendor advisory
http://www.xakep.ru/magazine/xa/124/052/1.asp not applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45131 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659265 issue tracking third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052879.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052917.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42431 third party advisory
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0042 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0057 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4257?
CVE-2010-4257 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4257?
To fix CVE-2010-4257, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4257 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4257 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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