Vulnerability ID: HTB22905 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/path_disclosure_in_wordpress.html Product: Wordpress Vendor: http://wordpress.org/ ( http://wordpress.org/ ) Vulnerable Version: 3.1 Vendor Notification: 15 March 2011 Vulnerability Type: Path disclosure Status: Not Fixed Risk level: Low Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)
Vulnerability Details: The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/wp-includes/theme-compat/" & "/wp-content/themes/twentyten/" scripts, it's possible to generate an error that will reveal the full path of the script. A remote user can determine the full path to the web root directory and other potentially sensitive information. The following PoC is available: [code] /wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php /wp-includes/theme-compat/comments.php /wp-includes/theme-compat/footer.php /wp-includes/theme-compat/sidebar.php /wp-content/themes/twentyten/index.php /wp-content/themes/twentyten/404.php /wp-content/themes/twentyten/archive.php [/code]
