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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200608-19">
+ <title>WordPress: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A flaw in WordPress allows registered WordPress users to elevate
+ privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">wordpress</product>
+ <announced>August 10, 2006</announced>
+ <revised>December 13, 2006: 02</revised>
+ <bug>142142</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="www-apps/wordpress" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.0.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based multiuser blogging system.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The WordPress developers have confirmed a vulnerability in capability
+ checking for plugins.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ By exploiting a flaw, a user can circumvent WordPress access
+ restrictions when using plugins. The actual impact depends on the
+ configuration of WordPress and may range from trivial to critical,
+ possibly even the execution of arbitrary PHP code.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-apps/wordpress-2.0.4&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3389">CVE-2006-3389</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3390">CVE-2006-3390</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4028">CVE-2006-4028</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:38:11 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:48:29 +0000">
+ dizzutch
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:15:28 +0000">
+ frilled
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>