Detections
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WordPress < 2.0.1 Arbitrary Script Injection

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3435

Synopsis

The remote server is hosting an outdated installation of WordPress that is vulnerable to a script injection attack.

Description

The installed version of WordPress on the remote host will accept and execute arbitrary PHP code. This version of Wordpress is vulnerable to a flaw where a remote attacker can, by sending a malformed request, execute arbitrary code on the WordPress server.

Solution

Upgrade to WordPress 2.0.1, or later.

See Also

http://wordpress.org

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 3435

Family: CGI

Published: 2/15/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0733

BID: 16656