FreeBSD : wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities (505904d3-ea95-11e4-beaf-bcaec565249c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83081

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Synopsis

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

Description

Gary Pendergast reports :

WordPress 4.1.2 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

WordPress versions 4.1.1 and earlier are affected by a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable anonymous users to compromise a site. This was reported by Cedric Van Bockhaven and fixed by Gary Pendergast, Mike Adams, and Andrew Nacin of the WordPress security team.

We also fixed three other security issues :

- In WordPress 4.1 and higher, files with invalid or unsafe names could be uploaded. Discovered by Michael Kapfer and Sebastian Kraemer of HSASec.

- In WordPress 3.9 and higher, a very limited cross-site scripting vulnerability could be used as part of a social engineering attack.
Discovered by Jakub Zoczek.

- Some plugins were vulnerable to a SQL injection vulnerability.
Discovered by Ben Bidner of the WordPress security team.

We also made four hardening changes, discovered by J.D. Grimes, Divyesh Prajapati, Allan Collins, Marc-Alexandre Montpas and Jeff Bowen.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83081

File Name: freebsd_pkg_505904d3ea9511e4beafbcaec565249c.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress-zh_tw, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2015

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