WordPress < 4.7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96906

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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 4.7.2.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the class-wp-press-this.php script due to a failure to properly restrict the user interface for assigning taxonomy terms. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-5610)

- A SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability exists in the class-wp-query.php script due to a failure to sanitize input to post type names. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, resulting in the disclosure or manipulation of arbitrary data.
(CVE-2017-5611)

- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the class-wp-posts-list-table.php script due to improper validation of input to the posts list table. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2017-5612)

- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the REST API due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'id' parameter when editing or deleting blog posts. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to run arbitrary PHP code, inject content into blog posts, modify blog post attributes, or delete blog posts. (CVE-2017-1001000)

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 4.7.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96906

File Name: wordpress_4_7_2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/31/2017

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1001000, CVE-2017-5610, CVE-2017-5611, CVE-2017-5612

BID: 95816

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