Detections
Analytics

GLSA-200608-19 : WordPress: Privilege escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 22218

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-200608-19 (WordPress: Privilege escalation)

 The WordPress developers have confirmed a vulnerability in capability checking for plugins.
 Impact :

 By exploiting a flaw, a user can circumvent WordPress access restrictions when using plugins. The actual impact depends on the configuration of WordPress and may range from trivial to critical, possibly even the execution of arbitrary PHP code.
 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-2.0.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-19

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 22218

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-19.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/14/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

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: 8/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3389, CVE-2006-3390, CVE-2006-4028

GLSA: 200608-19