WordPress Multiple XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83351

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Synopsis

The PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version number, the WordPress application running on the remote web server is either version 3.7.x prior to 3.7.8, 3.8.x prior to 3.8.8, 3.9.x prior to 3.9.6, 4.1.x prior to 4.1.5, or 4.2.x prior to 4.2.2. It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities :

- An HTML file in the Genericons icon font package is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. This package is used in various themes and plugins.

- A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists that was only partially fixed in the 4.2.1 release.

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 3.7.8 / 3.8.8 / 3.9.6 / 4.1.5 / 4.2.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83351

File Name: wordpress_4_2_2.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses : XSS

Published: 5/12/2015

Updated: 6/4/2024

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8834

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3440, CVE-2015-8834

BID: 74334

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