Ajax Pagination (twitter Style) Plugin for WordPress Local File Inclusion

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73378

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is affected by a local file inclusion vulnerability.

Description

The Ajax Pagination (twitter Style) plugin for WordPress installed on the remote host is affected by a local file inclusion vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'loop' parameter of the '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' script. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary PHP scripts on the remote host.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/398

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73378

File Name: wordpress_ajax_pagination_lfi.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/7/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2014

Reference Information

BID: 66526