WordPress < 4.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93516

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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 4.6.1.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) exists when handling file names of uploaded images due to improper validation of input before returning it to users. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-7168)

- A path traversal vulnerability exists in the WordPress upgrade package uploader due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
(CVE-2016-7169)

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 4.6.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93516

File Name: wordpress_4_6_1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/15/2016

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7168, CVE-2016-7169

Detections

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