[wp-hackers] Rethinking check_admin_referer()

Elliotte Harold elharo at metalab.unc.edu
Thu Apr 20 11:21:57 GMT 2006


Robert Deaton wrote:

> At the moment, this is not possible, the http referer check stops this
> from happening. We're discussing alternates to the referer check that
> will not require sending referers but will offer the same protection.

I've verified this attack this morning. It absolutely is possible in 
WordPress 2.0.2 as currently shipped. Perhaps that's a bug in WordPress. 
If so, those bugs need to be fixed.

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