FreeBSD : wordpress -- header rss feed script insertion vulnerability (622bc638-be27-11dd-a578-0030843d3802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34978

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

Input passed via the HTTP 'Host' header is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site if malicious data is viewed.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/news/2008/11/wordpress-265/

http://www.nessus.org/u?063062db

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34978

File Name: freebsd_pkg_622bc638be2711dda5780030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 12/1/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress-mu, 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: 11/29/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5278

CWE: 79

Secunia: 32882