FreeBSD : wordpress -- XSS in administration panel (12b7b4cf-1d53-11d9-814e-0001020eed82)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37848

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Pages in the administration panel of Wordpress are vulnerable for XSS attacks.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/news/2004/10/wp-121/

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109641484723194

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e26ab47

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37848

File Name: freebsd_pkg_12b7b4cf1d5311d9814e0001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2004