WordPress < 4.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 93111

Synopsis

A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the WordPress application running on the remote web server is prior to 4.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A path traversal vulnerability exists in the WordPress Admin API in the wp_ajax_update_plugin() function in ajax-actions.php due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-6896)

- A cross-site request forgery vulnerability (XSRF) exists in the admin-ajax.php script due to a failure to require multiple steps, explicit confirmation, or a unique token when performing certain sensitive actions. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to follow a specially crafted link, to perform arbitrary AJAX updates. (CVE-2016-6897)

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the wp_ajax_update_plugin() function in the ajax-actions.php script due to performing a call to get_plug_data() before checking capabilities. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass intended read-access restrictions, resulting in a disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2016-10148)

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 4.6 or later.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/08/pepper/

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/98

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93111

File Name: wordpress_4_6.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/25/2016

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

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

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10148, CVE-2016-6896, CVE-2016-6897

BID: 92572, 92573