Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1102 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in WordPress

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
wordpress
nessus

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in template-functions-post.php in WordPress 1.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) content or (2) title of the post.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200506-04.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-04 (Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities) Due to a lack of input validation, WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection and XSS attacks. Impact : An attacker could use the SQL injection vulnerabilities to gain information from the database. Furthermore the cross-site scripting issues give an attacker the ability to inject and execute malicious script code or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, potentially compromising the victim
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id18427
published2005-06-07
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18427
titleGLSA-200506-04 : Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-04.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(18427);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1102", "CVE-2005-1687", "CVE-2005-1810");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200506-04");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200506-04 : Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-04
(Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Due to a lack of input validation, WordPress is vulnerable to SQL
    injection and XSS attacks.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could use the SQL injection vulnerabilities to gain
    information from the database. Furthermore the cross-site scripting
    issues give an attacker the ability to inject and execute malicious
    script code or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials,
    potentially compromising the victim's browser.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-04"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Wordpress users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/wordpress-1.5.1.2'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/06/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/06/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/05/19");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"www-apps/wordpress", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.5.1.2"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.5.1.2"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Wordpress");
}