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Debian dla-3462 : wordpress - 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.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3462-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Markus Koschany June 21, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : wordpress Version : 5.0.19+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2023-2745 Debian Bug : 1036296

 Several security vulnerabilities have been addressed in Wordpress, a popular content management framework.

 WordPress Core is vulnerable to Directory Traversal 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.

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

 We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

 For the detailed security status of wordpress please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wordpress

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2745

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/wordpress

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177458

File Name: debian_DLA-3462.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/20/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-twentysixteen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentynineteen, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentyseventeen

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