FreeBSD : wordpress -- XSS vulnerability (fb754341-c3e2-11e5-b5fe-002590263bf5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88154

Synopsis

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

Description

Aaron Jorbin reports :

WordPress 4.4.1 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

WordPress versions 4.4 and earlier are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could allow a site to be compromised.
This was reported by Crtc4L.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/3

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f9eafbe

http://www.nessus.org/u?8629907a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88154

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fb754341c3e211e5b5fe002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 1/26/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

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: 1/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1564