Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in wordpress, weblog
manager. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:
CVE-2008-6762
It was discovered that wordpress is prone to an open redirect
vulnerability which allows remote attackers to conduct phishing atacks.
CVE-2008-6767
It was discovered that remote attackers had the ability to trigger an
application upgrade, which could lead to a denial of service attack.
CVE-2009-2334
It was discovered that wordpress lacks authentication checks in the
plugin configuration, which might leak sensitive information.
CVE-2009-2854
It was discovered that wordpress lacks authentication checks in various
actions, thus allowing remote attackers to produce unauthorised edits or
additions.
CVE-2009-2851
It was discovered that the administrator interface is prone to a
cross-site scripting attack. ...
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