Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wordpress (MDVSA-2014:233)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79613

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated wordpress package fixes security vulnerabilities :

XSS in wptexturize() via comments or posts, exploitable for unauthenticated users (CVE-2014-9031).

XSS in media playlists (CVE-2014-9032).

CSRF in the password reset process (CVE-2014-9033).

Denial of service for giant passwords. The phpass library by Solar Designer was used in both projects without setting a maximum password length, which can lead to CPU exhaustion upon hashing (CVE-2014-9034).

XSS in Press This (CVE-2014-9035).

XSS in HTML filtering of CSS in posts (CVE-2014-9036).

Hash comparison vulnerability in old-style MD5-stored passwords (CVE-2014-9037).

SSRF: Safe HTTP requests did not sufficiently block the loopback IP address space (CVE-2014-9038).

Previously an email address change would not invalidate a previous password reset email (CVE-2014-9039).

Solution

Update the affected wordpress package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79613

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-233.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 11/28/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9031, CVE-2014-9032, CVE-2014-9033, CVE-2014-9034, CVE-2014-9035, CVE-2014-9036, CVE-2014-9037, CVE-2014-9038, CVE-2014-9039

BID: 71231, 71232, 71233, 71234, 71236, 71237, 71238

MDVSA: 2014:233

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