Package: wordpress
Version: <= 2.5.1-3
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for wordpress.

CVE-2008-2392[0]:
| Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in WordPress 2.5.1 and earlier
| might allow remote authenticated administrators to upload and execute
| arbitrary PHP files via the Upload section in the Write Tabs area of
| the dashboard.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2392
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2392
        
It seems that this bug is mentioned in wordpress as #7113 and
is fixed with the new svn revision 8068.

The diff for that can be viewed at:
http://trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/7113/7113.2.diff

Kind regards,
Thomas.

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