WordPress < 2.0.2 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125680

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Synopsis

A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple cross-site scripting (XSS)vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the WordPress application running on the remote web server is prior to 2.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Note the vulnerabilities fixed in this release were reported to and addressed by the WordPress development team without disclosure. For more information see the linked security advisory

Solution

Upgrade to WordPress version 2.0.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125680

File Name: wordpress_2_0_2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/4/2019

Updated: 6/4/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Tenable score for xss

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2006

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