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Bug 420571 (CVE-2012-2404) - <www-apps/wordpress-3.3.2: XSS in redirects after posting comments. (CVE-2012-2404)
Summary: <www-apps/wordpress-3.3.2: XSS in redirects after posting comments. (CVE-2012...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2012-2404
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/change...
Whiteboard: ~4 [noglsa]
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-06-10 19:05 UTC by the_eccentric
Modified: 2012-06-10 22:58 UTC (History)
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Description the_eccentric 2012-06-10 19:05:56 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2012-2404 to the following vulnerability:

wp-comments-post.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 supports offsite redirects, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

References:
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20486/branches/3.3/wp-comments-post.php
http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/
Comment 1 Tim Sammut (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-06-10 22:58:41 UTC
Fixed package is already in the tree. 

the_eccentric, there is no need to mark the bug private if the reference URLs are already public at known locations.