WordPress 6.4.x < 6.4.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 115170

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Synopsis

WordPress 6.4.x < 6.4.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

- A PoP-chain weakness in the HTML API and Block Registry

- A regex Denial of Service (DoS) weakness in numeric character references

- A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in nav menus

- An AJAX query-attachments authorization bypass

- A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the data-wp-bind directive

- An Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) that allows overridding client-side templates in the admin area

- A PclZip path traversal issue

- An authorization bypass on the Notes feature

- An XML External Entity (XXE) issue in the external getID3 library

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to WordPress version 6.4.8 or latest.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-6-4-8/

https://wordpress.org/news/2026/03/wordpress-6-9-2-release/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 115170

Type: remote

Family: Component Vulnerability

Published: 3/12/2026

Updated: 3/12/2026

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: Tenable

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: Tenable

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CWE: 1333, 502, 611, 79, 862, 918

OWASP: 2010-A1, 2010-A2, 2010-A4, 2010-A6, 2010-A8, 2013-A1, 2013-A3, 2013-A4, 2013-A5, 2013-A7, 2013-A9, 2017-A4, 2017-A5, 2017-A6, 2017-A7, 2017-A8, 2017-A9, 2021-A1, 2021-A10, 2021-A3, 2021-A5, 2021-A6, 2021-A8, 2025-A1, 2025-A2, 2025-A5, 2025-A6, 2025-A8

WASC: Application Misconfiguration, Cross-Site Scripting, Denial of Service, Improper Input Handling, Insufficient Authorization, XML External Entities

CAPEC: 209, 221, 586, 588, 591, 592, 63, 85

DISA STIG: APSC-DV-000460, APSC-DV-002490, APSC-DV-002550, APSC-DV-002560, APSC-DV-002630

HIPAA: 164.306(a)(1), 164.306(a)(2), 164.312(a)(1), 164.312(a)(2)(i)

ISO: 27001-A.13.1.1, 27001-A.14.1.2, 27001-A.14.1.3, 27001-A.14.2.5, 27001-A.18.1.3, 27001-A.6.2.2, 27001-A.9.1.2, 27001-A.9.4.1, 27001-A.9.4.4, 27001-A.9.4.5

NIST: sp800_53-AC-3, sp800_53-CM-6b, sp800_53-SI-10, sp800_53-SI-10(5)

OWASP API: 2019-API7, 2019-API8, 2023-API7, 2023-API8

OWASP ASVS: 4.0.2-14.2.1, 4.0.2-5.2.6, 4.0.2-5.3.3, 4.0.2-5.5.1, 4.0.2-5.5.2

PCI-DSS: 3.2-6.2, 3.2-6.5.1, 3.2-6.5.7, 3.2-6.5.8, 3.2-6.5.9