CVE-2008-0664

Name	CVE-2008-0664
Description	The XML-RPC implementation (xmlrpc.php) in WordPress before 2.3.3, when registration is enabled, allows remote attackers to edit posts of other blog users via unknown vectors.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1601-1
Debian Bugs	464170

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster	5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.1+dfsg1-1	fixed
	trixie	6.5+dfsg1-1	fixed
	sid	6.5.2+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libwordpress-xmlrpc-perl	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
wordpress	source	etch	2.0.10-1etch3		DSA-1601-1
wordpress	source	(unstable)	2.3.3-1	medium		464170

Notes

[etch] - wordpress <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
The blog has to provide user accounts
A crafted XML-RPC request referring to a valid user can exploit this
This is specific to wordpress' implementation of xmlrpc.php, which is
not included in any other packages.