WordPress 2.x < 2.6 'press-this.php' XSS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4587

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack.

Description

The version of WordPress installed on the remote host is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting flaw due to the way that it parses user-supplied data to the 'press-this.php' script. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince a WordPress user to open a malicious URI. Successful exploitation would result in attacker code being run in the browser.

Solution

Upgrade to WordPress 2.6, or later.

See Also

http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7220

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4587

Family: CGI

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Reference Information

BID: 30238