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FreeBSD : wordpress -- XSS vulnerability (c80b27a2-3165-11e5-8a1d-14dae9d210b8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84973

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Gary Pendergast reports :

WordPress versions 4.2.2 and earlier are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could allow users with the Contributor or Author role to compromise a site. This was reported by Jon Cave and fixed by Robert Chapin, both of the WordPress security team.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordpress-4-2-3/

http://www.nessus.org/u?d59c065b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84973

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c80b27a2316511e58a1d14dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress-zh_tw, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5622, CVE-2015-5623