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WordPress < 2.1.3 'xmlrpc.php' SQLi

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3959

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a SQL Injection attack.

Description

The version of WordPress installed on the remote host is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to have the ability to authenticate to WordPress. Upon authentication, the attacker would send a malformed query that, when processed, would execute arbitrary SQL commands on the WordPress database.

Solution

Upgrade to WordPress 2.1.3, or later.

See Also

http://wordpress.org

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3959

Family: CGI

Published: 4/4/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1897

BID: 23294