WordPress 6.0 < 6.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182976

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Synopsis

A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by one or more vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wordpress Core installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- The Popup Builder WordPress plugin through 4.1.15 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup). (CVE-2023-5561)

- Auth. Stored (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). (CVE-2023-38000)

- Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor. (CVE-2023-39999)

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

Solution

Upgrade to WordPress version 6.3.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182976

File Name: wordpress_6_3_2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/12/2023

Updated: 6/6/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

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

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38000, CVE-2023-39999, CVE-2023-5561

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