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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-02
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 04, 2005
Bugs: #97374
ID: 200507-02
Synopsis
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WordPress contains PHP script injection, cross-site scripting and path
disclosure vulnerabilities.
Background
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WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing
system.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/wordpress < 1.5.1.3 >= 1.5.1.3
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James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team discovered that
WordPress insufficiently checks data passed to the XML-RPC server. He
also discovered that WordPre...
style>.gentoo_availability{display:block;}
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