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WordPress Directory Listing

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98212

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Synopsis

WordPress Directory Listing

Description

The scanner has detected publicly accessible WordPress directory listing on the target web application. This may expose information relating to the web server to an attacker which may allow for further exploitation techniques to be leveraged, possibly leading to a compromise of the target server

Solution

Block requests to sensitive server information using .htaccess file or WAF for example.

See Also

https://codex.wordpress.org/htaccess

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 98212

Type: remote

Published: 3/28/2018

Updated: 11/22/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: Tenable

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: Tenable

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: Tenable

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