Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3438 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
wordpress
debian
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2015-08-05
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WordPress before 4.1.2, when MySQL is used without strict mode, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) four-byte UTF-8 character or (2) invalid character that reaches the database layer, as demonstrated by a crafted character in a comment.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wordpress
455
OS
Debian
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-236.NASL
    descriptionIn the Debian squeeze-lts version of Wordpress, multiple security issues have been fixed : Remote attackers could... - ... upload files with invalid or unsafe names - ... mount social engineering attacks - ... compromise a site via cross-site scripting - ... inject SQL commands - ... cause denial of service or information disclosure CVE-2014-9031 Jouko Pynnonen discovered an unauthenticated cross site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in wptexturize(), exploitable via comments or posts. CVE-2014-9033 Cross site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the password changing process, which could be used by an attacker to trick an user into changing her password. CVE-2014-9034 Javier Nieto Arevalo and Andres Rojas Guerrero reported a potential denial of service in the way the phpass library is used to handle passwords, since no maximum password length was set. CVE-2014-9035 John Blackbourn reported an XSS in the
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2015-06-02
    plugin id83918
    published2015-06-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83918
    titleDebian DLA-236-1 : wordpress security update
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-236-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(83918);
  script_version("2.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9031", "CVE-2014-9033", "CVE-2014-9034", "CVE-2014-9035", "CVE-2014-9036", "CVE-2014-9037", "CVE-2014-9038", "CVE-2014-9039", "CVE-2015-3438", "CVE-2015-3439", "CVE-2015-3440");
  script_bugtraq_id(71231, 71232, 71233, 71234, 71236, 71237, 71238, 74269, 74334);

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-236-1 : wordpress security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"In the Debian squeeze-lts version of Wordpress, multiple security
issues have been fixed :

Remote attackers could...

  - ... upload files with invalid or unsafe names

  - ... mount social engineering attacks

  - ... compromise a site via cross-site scripting

  - ... inject SQL commands

  - ... cause denial of service or information disclosure

CVE-2014-9031

Jouko Pynnonen discovered an unauthenticated cross site scripting
vulnerability (XSS) in wptexturize(), exploitable via comments or
posts.

CVE-2014-9033

Cross site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the password
changing process, which could be used by an attacker to trick an user
into changing her password.

CVE-2014-9034

Javier Nieto Arevalo and Andres Rojas Guerrero reported a potential
denial of service in the way the phpass library is used to handle
passwords, since no maximum password length was set.

CVE-2014-9035

John Blackbourn reported an XSS in the 'Press This' function (used for
quick publishing using a browser 'bookmarklet').

CVE-2014-9036

Robert Chapin reported an XSS in the HTML filtering of CSS in posts.

CVE-2014-9037

David Anderson reported a hash comparison vulnerability for passwords
stored using the old-style MD5 scheme. While unlikely, this could be
exploited to compromise an account, if the user had not logged in
after a Wordpress 2.5 update (uploaded to Debian on 2 Apr, 2008) and
the password MD5 hash could be collided with due to PHP dynamic
comparison.

CVE-2014-9038

Ben Bidner reported a server side request forgery (SSRF) in the core
HTTP layer which unsufficiently blocked the loopback IP address space.

CVE-2014-9039

Momen Bassel, Tanoy Bose, and Bojan Slavkovic reported a vulnerability
in the password reset process: an email address change would not
invalidate a previous password reset email.

CVE-2015-3438

Cedric Van Bockhaven reported and Gary Pendergast, Mike Adams, and
Andrew Nacin of the WordPress security team fixed a
cross-site-scripting vulnerabilitity, which could enable anonymous
users to compromise a site. 

CVE-2015-3439

Jakub Zoczek discovered a very limited cross-site scripting
vulnerability, that could be used as part of a social engineering
attack.

CVE-2015-3440

Jouko Pynn&ouml;nen discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability,
which could enable commenters to compromise a site.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/06/msg00000.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/wordpress"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Upgrade the affected wordpress, and wordpress-l10n packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-l10n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/06/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/06/02");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"wordpress", reference:"3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"wordpress-l10n", reference:"3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u6")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idWORDPRESS_4_1_2.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its version number, the WordPress application running on the remote web server is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an attacker to upload arbitrary files with invalid or unsafe names. Note that this only affects versions 4.1 and higher. - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker, using a specially crafted request, can exploit this to execute arbitrary script code in a user
    last seen2020-04-30
    modified2015-04-24
    plugin id83053
    published2015-04-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83053
    titleWordPress < 3.7.6 / 3.8.6 / 3.9.4 / 4.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(83053);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3438", "CVE-2015-3439");
  script_bugtraq_id(74269, 75146);

  script_name(english:"WordPress < 3.7.6 / 3.8.6 / 3.9.4 / 4.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of WordPress.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its version number, the WordPress application running
on the remote web server is potentially affected by multiple
vulnerabilities :

  - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an attacker to
    upload arbitrary files with invalid or unsafe names.
    Note that this only affects versions 4.1 and higher.

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due to
    improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote
    attacker, using a specially crafted request, can exploit
    this to execute arbitrary script code in a user's
    browser session.

  - A limited cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due
    to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote
    attacker, using a specially crafted request, can exploit
    this to execute arbitrary script code in a user's
    browser session. Note that this only affects versions
    3.9 and higher.

  - An unspecified SQL injection vulnerability exists in
    some plugins.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.9.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to WordPress 3.7.6 / 3.8.6 / 3.9.4 / 4.1.2 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-3439");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/04/24");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("wordpress_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/PHP", "installed_sw/WordPress", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("install_func.inc");

app = "WordPress";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

install = get_single_install(
  app_name : app,
  port     : port,
  exit_if_unknown_ver : TRUE
);

dir = install['path'];
version = install['version'];
install_url = build_url(port:port, qs:dir);

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

ver = split(version, sep:".", keep:FALSE);
for (i=0; i<max_index(ver); i++)
  ver[i] = int(ver[i]);

# Versions less than 4.1.2 are vulnerable
# https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/
if (
  # Short version
  version == "3.7" ||
  version == "3.8" ||
  version == "3.9" ||
  version == "4.1" ||
  # Longer versions
  (ver[0] < 3) ||
  (ver[0] == 3 && ver[1] < 7) ||
  (ver[0] == 3 && ver[1] == 7 && ver[2] < 6) ||
  (ver[0] == 3 && ver[1] == 8 && ver[2] < 6) ||
  (ver[0] == 3 && ver[1] == 9 && ver[2] < 4) ||
  (ver[0] == 4 && ver[1] < 1) ||
  (ver[0] == 4 && ver[1] == 1 && ver[2] < 2) ||
  # Short alpha / beta / RC versions
  version =~ "^(3\.[789]|4\.1)-(alpha|beta|RC)(\d+|$|[^0-9])" ||
  # Longer alpha / beta / RC versions
  version =~ "^(3\.7\.6|3\.8\.6|3\.9\.4|4\.1\.2)-(alpha|beta|RC)(\d+|$|[^0-9])"
)
{
  set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSS', value:TRUE);
  set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/SQLInjection', value:TRUE);

  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n  URL               : ' +install_url+
      '\n  Installed version : ' +version+
      '\n  Fixed version     : 3.7.6 / 3.8.6 / 3.9.4 / 4.1.2' +
      '\n';
    security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_warning(port);
}
else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, version);
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-6790.NASL
    description**WordPress 4.2
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-05-21
    plugin id83750
    published2015-05-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83750
    titleFedora 20 : wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc20 (2015-6790)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2015-6790.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(83750);
  script_version("2.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3429", "CVE-2015-3438", "CVE-2015-3439", "CVE-2015-3440");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2015-6790");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc20 (2015-6790)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"**WordPress 4.2 'Powell' **

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/powell/

**WordPress 4.2.1 Security Release**

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/

**WordPress 4.2.2 Security and Maintenance Release**

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214650"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216069"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219368"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?043c46fc"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/powell/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected wordpress package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/04/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/05/21");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc20")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wordpress");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-6778.NASL
    description**WordPress 4.2
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-05-11
    plugin id83315
    published2015-05-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83315
    titleFedora 22 : wordpress-4.2.1-1.fc22 (2015-6778)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2015-6778.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(83315);
  script_version("2.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3438", "CVE-2015-3439", "CVE-2015-3440");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2015-6778");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 22 : wordpress-4.2.1-1.fc22 (2015-6778)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"**WordPress 4.2 'Powell' **

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/powell/

**WordPress 4.2.1 Security Release**

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214650"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216069"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157391.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0ca4be38"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/powell/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected wordpress package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/04/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/05/11");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^22([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 22.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC22", reference:"wordpress-4.2.1-1.fc22")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wordpress");
}
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3250.NASL
    descriptionMultiple security issues have been discovered in Wordpress, a weblog manager, that could allow remote attackers to upload files with invalid or unsafe names, mount social engineering attacks or compromise a site via cross-site scripting, and inject SQL commands. More information can be found in the upstream advisories at and
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id83236
    published2015-05-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83236
    titleDebian DSA-3250-1 : wordpress - security update
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3250. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(83236);
  script_version("2.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:37");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3438", "CVE-2015-3439", "CVE-2015-3440");
  script_bugtraq_id(74269, 74334);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3250");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3250-1 : wordpress - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple security issues have been discovered in Wordpress, a weblog
manager, that could allow remote attackers to upload files with
invalid or unsafe names, mount social engineering attacks or
compromise a site via cross-site scripting, and inject SQL commands.

More information can be found in the upstream advisories at and"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783347"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783554"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wordpress"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/wordpress"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3250"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been
fixed in version 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u6.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/05/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/05/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"wordpress", reference:"3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"wordpress-l10n", reference:"3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-l10n", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentythirteen", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-6808.NASL
    description**WordPress 4.2
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-05-21
    plugin id83751
    published2015-05-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83751
    titleFedora 21 : wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc21 (2015-6808)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2015-6808.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(83751);
  script_version("2.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3429", "CVE-2015-3438", "CVE-2015-3439", "CVE-2015-3440");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2015-6808");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 21 : wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc21 (2015-6808)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"**WordPress 4.2 'Powell' **

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/powell/

**WordPress 4.2.1 Security Release**

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/

**WordPress 4.2.2 Security and Maintenance Release**

  - Upstream announcement
    https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214650"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216069"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219368"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?746720e2"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/powell/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected wordpress package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/04/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/05/21");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^21([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 21.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC21", reference:"wordpress-4.2.2-1.fc21")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wordpress");
}

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