oss-security - Re: CVE request: wordpress before 3.0.5

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Message-ID: <1139942889.379029.1297288704824.JavaMail.root@zmail01.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:58:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: wordpress before 3.0.5

----- Original Message -----
> http://wordpress.org/news/2011/02/wordpress-3-0-5/
> 
> From release announcement, I'm unsure which of them deserves CVEs:
> 
> "Two moderate security issues were fixed that could have allowed a
> Contributor- or Author-level user to gain further access to the site.
> 
> One information disclosure issue was addressed that could have allowed
> an Author-level user to view contents of posts they should not be able
> to see, such as draft or private posts.
> 
> Two security enhancements were added. One improved the security of any
> plugins which were not properly leveraging our security API. The other
> offers additional defense in depth against a vulnerability that was
> fixed in previous release."
> 
> 
> 

I'm not going to assign anything to the "enhancements" unless someone wants
me to. They don't sound like security flaws.

There is more information on these here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.5

# Fix XSS bug: Properly encode title used in Quick/Bulk Edit, and offer
  additional sanitization to various fields. Affects users of the Author or
  Contributor role. (r17397, r17406, r17412)
# Fix XSS bug: Preserve tag escaping in the tags meta box. Affects users of
  the Author or Contributor role. (r17401)

Use CVE-2011-0700 for the XSS flaws.

# Fix potential information disclosure of posts through the media uploader.
  Affects users of the Author role. (r17393)

Use CVE-2011-0701 for the information disclosure.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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