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GLSA-200507-02 : WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18606

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-02 (WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team discovered that WordPress insufficiently checks data passed to the XML-RPC server.
 He also discovered that WordPress has several cross-site scripting and full path disclosure vulnerabilities.
 Impact :

 An attacker could use the PHP script injection vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary PHP script commands. Furthermore the cross-site scripting vulnerabilities could be exploited to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.
 Workaround :

 There are no known workarounds at this time.

Solution

All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/wordpress-1.5.1.3'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?44378fda

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18606

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200507-02.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/5/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1921

GLSA: 200507-02