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FreeBSD : wordpress -- unmoderated comments disclosure (6a31cbe3-1695-11dc-a197-0011098b2f36)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25914

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Blogsecurity reports :

An attacker can read comments on posts that have not been moderated.
This can be a real security risk if blog admins are using unmoderated comments (comments that have not been made public) to hide sensitive notes regarding posts, future work, passwords etc. So please be careful if you are one of these blog admins.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fb2e7cdc

http://www.nessus.org/u?43a37c62

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25914

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6a31cbe3169511dca1970011098b2f36.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 8/21/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2007