Detections
Analytics
WordPress < 4.4.1 XSS
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9065
Synopsis
The remote server is hosting an outdated installation of WordPress that is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.Description
Versions of WordPress prior to 4.3.1 are susceptible to a flaw that allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the 'wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php' script does not validate input before returning it to users in error messages. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server. (CVE-2016-1564)Solution
Upgrade to WordPress 4.4.1, or later.See Also
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/01/wordpress-4-4-1-security-and-maintenance-release
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 9065
Family: CGI
Published: 1/29/2016
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 87921
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress
Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-1564