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GLSA-200410-12 : WordPress: HTTP response splitting and XSS vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15473

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-12 (WordPress: HTTP response splitting and XSS vulnerabilities)

 Due to the lack of input validation in the administration panel scripts, WordPress is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting and cross-site scripting attacks.
 Impact :

 A malicious user could inject arbitrary response data, leading to content spoofing, web cache poisoning and other cross-site scripting or HTTP response splitting attacks. This could result in compromising the victim's data or browser.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/wordpress-1.2.2'

See Also

https://wordpress.org/news/2004/12/one-point-two-two/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200410-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15473

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200410-12.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 10/14/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1584

GLSA: 200410-12