On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:27:35 +0200 Giuseppe Iuculano wrote:

> Michael S. Gilbert ha scritto:
> 
> > are you sure about this?  i had checked lenny, and saw the vulnerable
> > bit of code in wp-login.php.
> 
> I tried the PoF and it works only in 2.8.x.
> I didn't investigate the code because it really seems just an annoying bug, 
> not
> a security issue.

the proof-of-concept may be version-specific.  it may just require
minor modifications to be compatible with old versions.  i think
conclusions need to be drawn based on known vulnerable source, rather
than checking against proof-of-concepts.

besides, it is just a one line change to address the flaw.

mike

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