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WordPress < 1.5.1.4 RCE

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3162

Synopsis

The remote server is hosting an outdated installation of WordPress that is vulnerable to a script injection attack.

Description

Versions of WordPress prior to 1.5.1.4 will accept and execute arbitrary PHP code passed to the 'cache_lastpostdate' parameter via cookies provided PHP's 'register_globals' setting is enabled.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.5.1.4 or disable PHP's 'register_globals' setting.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2c5481e5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3162

Family: CGI

Published: 8/10/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 19414

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Exploitable With

Metasploit (WordPress cache_lastpostdate Arbitrary Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2612

BID: 14533