Debian DLA-3462-1 : wordpress - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 177458

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3462 advisory.

- WordPress Core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 6.2, via the wp_lang' parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access and load arbitrary translation files.
In cases where an attacker is able to upload a crafted translation file onto the site, such as via an upload form, this could be also used to perform a Cross-Site Scripting attack. (CVE-2023-2745)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177458

File Name: debian_DLA-3462.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/20/2023

Updated: 6/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2745

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentynineteen, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentyseventeen, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentysixteen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2745

Detections

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