WordPress Trashed Posts Security Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA38592

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/38592/

DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to WordPress not properly restricting access to trashed posts, which can be exploited to e.g. view a trashed post by accessing it’s page directly.

Successful exploitation requires a valid user account.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.9 and confirmed in version 2.9.1. Other 2.9.x versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION: Fixed in the SVN repository. http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/13117

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Thomas Mackenzie

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://tmacuk.co.uk/?p=180

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