Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12895 - Path Traversal vulnerability in multiple products
Summary
WordPress through 4.9.6 allows Author users to execute arbitrary code by leveraging directory traversal in the wp-admin/post.php thumb parameter, which is passed to the PHP unlink function and can delete the wp-config.php file. This is related to missing filename validation in the wp-includes/post.php wp_delete_attachment function. The attacker must have capabilities for files and posts that are normally available only to the Author, Editor, and Administrator roles. The attack methodology is to delete wp-config.php and then launch a new installation process to increase the attacker's privileges.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Relative Path Traversal An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation on the target by supplying a specially constructed path utilizing dot and slash characters for the purpose of obtaining access to arbitrary files or resources. An attacker modifies a known path on the target in order to reach material that is not available through intended channels. These attacks normally involve adding additional path separators (/ or \) and/or dots (.), or encodings thereof, in various combinations in order to reach parent directories or entirely separate trees of the target's directory structure.
- Directory Traversal An attacker with access to file system resources, either directly or via application logic, will use various file path specification or navigation mechanisms such as ".." in path strings and absolute paths to extend their range of access to inappropriate areas of the file system. The attacker attempts to either explore the file system for recon purposes or access directories and files that are intended to be restricted from their access. Exploring the file system can be achieved through constructing paths presented to directory listing programs, such as "ls" and 'dir', or through specially crafted programs that attempt to explore the file system. The attacker engaging in this type of activity is searching for information that can be used later in a more exploitive attack. Access to restricted directories or files can be achieved through modification of path references utilized by system applications.
- File System Function Injection, Content Based An attack of this type exploits the host's trust in executing remote content including binary files. The files are poisoned with a malicious payload (targeting the file systems accessible by the target software) by the attacker and may be passed through standard channels such as via email, and standard web content like PDF and multimedia files. The attacker exploits known vulnerabilities or handling routines in the target processes. Vulnerabilities of this type have been found in a wide variety of commercial applications from Microsoft Office to Adobe Acrobat and Apple Safari web browser. When the attacker knows the standard handling routines and can identify vulnerabilities and entry points they can be exploited by otherwise seemingly normal content. Once the attack is executed, the attackers' program can access relative directories such as C:\Program Files or other standard system directories to launch further attacks. In a worst case scenario, these programs are combined with other propagation logic and work as a virus.
- Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic This attack targets the encoding of the URL combined with the encoding of the slash characters. An attacker can take advantage of the multiple way of encoding an URL and abuse the interpretation of the URL. An URL may contain special character that need special syntax handling in order to be interpreted. Special characters are represented using a percentage character followed by two digits representing the octet code of the original character (%HEX-CODE). For instance US-ASCII space character would be represented with %20. This is often referred as escaped ending or percent-encoding. Since the server decodes the URL from the requests, it may restrict the access to some URL paths by validating and filtering out the URL requests it received. An attacker will try to craft an URL with a sequence of special characters which once interpreted by the server will be equivalent to a forbidden URL. It can be difficult to protect against this attack since the URL can contain other format of encoding such as UTF-8 encoding, Unicode-encoding, etc.
- Manipulating Input to File System Calls An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1452.NASL description Two vulnerabilities were discovered in wordpress, a web blogging tool. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues. CVE-2016-5836 The oEmbed protocol implementation in WordPress before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. CVE-2018-12895 A vulnerability was discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. It allowed remote attackers with specific roles to execute arbitrary code. For Debian 8 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111393 published 2018-07-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111393 title Debian DLA-1452-1 : wordpress security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1452-1. 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It allowed remote attackers with specific roles to execute arbitrary code. For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u18. We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages. 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/2018/07/msg00046.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/wordpress" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:ND"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X"); 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:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentythirteen"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/30"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u18")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-l10n", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u18")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u18")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u18")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentythirteen", reference:"4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u18")) 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 family CGI abuses NASL id WORDPRESS_4_9_7.NASL description According to its self-reported version number, the WordPress application running on the remote web server is prior to 4.9.7. It is, therefore, affected by an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111229 published 2018-07-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111229 title WordPress < 4.9.7 Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(111229); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12895"); script_name(english:"WordPress < 4.9.7 Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of WordPress."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its self-reported version number, the WordPress application running on the remote web server is prior to 4.9.7. It is, therefore, affected by an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution."); # https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/wordpress-file-delete-to-code-execution/ script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2a24cd03"); # https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2018/07/details-of-an-additional-file-deletion-vulnerability-patched-in-wordpress-4-9-7/ script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5478aed7"); # https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-maintenance-release/ script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?44e0dfce"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to WordPress version 4.9.7 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-12895"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/07/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/24"); 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) 2018-2019 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, 443); exit(0); } include("vcf.inc"); include("http.inc"); if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID); app = "WordPress"; port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE); app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, port:port, webapp:TRUE); vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:2); constraints = [ { "fixed_version":"3.7.27", "fixed_display" : "3.7.27 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"3.8", "fixed_version":"3.8.27", "fixed_display" : "3.8.27 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"3.9", "fixed_version":"3.9.25", "fixed_display" : "3.9.25 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.0", "fixed_version":"4.0.24", "fixed_display" : "4.0.24 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.1", "fixed_version":"4.1.24", "fixed_display" : "4.1.24 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.2", "fixed_version":"4.2.21", "fixed_display" : "4.2.21 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.3", "fixed_version":"4.3.17", "fixed_display" : "4.3.17 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.4", "fixed_version":"4.4.16", "fixed_display" : "4.4.16 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.5", "fixed_version":"4.5.15", "fixed_display" : "4.5.15 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.6", "fixed_version":"4.6.12", "fixed_display" : "4.6.12 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.7", "fixed_version":"4.7.11", "fixed_display" : "4.7.11 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.8", "fixed_version":"4.8.7", "fixed_display" : "4.8.7 / 4.9.7" }, { "min_version":"4.9", "fixed_version":"4.9.7", "fixed_display" : "4.9.7" } ]; vcf::check_version_and_report( app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING );
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-623DF1E98D.NASL description Update to 4.9.7 security release. https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-mainte nance-release/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2019-01-03 plugin id 120471 published 2019-01-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120471 title Fedora 28 : wordpress (2018-623df1e98d) 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 FEDORA-2018-623df1e98d. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(120471); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12895"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-623df1e98d"); script_name(english:"Fedora 28 : wordpress (2018-623df1e98d)"); 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: "Update to 4.9.7 security release. https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-mainte nance-release/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. 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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-623df1e98d" ); # https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-maintenance-release/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?44e0dfce" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wordpress package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); 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:28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/06/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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 = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^28([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 28", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC28", reference:"wordpress-4.9.7-1.fc28")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wordpress"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4250.NASL description A vulnerability was discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. It allowed remote attackers with specific roles to execute arbitrary code. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111173 published 2018-07-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111173 title Debian DSA-4250-1 : 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-4250. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(111173); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:47"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12895"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4250"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4250-1 : 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: "A vulnerability was discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. It allowed remote attackers with specific roles to execute arbitrary code." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=902876" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/wordpress" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4250" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the wordpress packages. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); 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:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/20"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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:"9.0", prefix:"wordpress", reference:"4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wordpress-l10n", reference:"4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen", reference:"4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentyseventeen", reference:"4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wordpress-theme-twentysixteen", reference:"4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4")) 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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-8FC2CB8CB0.NASL description Update to 4.9.7 security release. https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-mainte nance-release/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-07-24 plugin id 111244 published 2018-07-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111244 title Fedora 27 : wordpress (2018-8fc2cb8cb0) 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 FEDORA-2018-8fc2cb8cb0. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(111244); script_version("1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12895"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-8fc2cb8cb0"); script_name(english:"Fedora 27 : wordpress (2018-8fc2cb8cb0)"); 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: "Update to 4.9.7 security release. https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-mainte nance-release/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. 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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-8fc2cb8cb0" ); # https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-maintenance-release/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?44e0dfce" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wordpress package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); 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:27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/06/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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 = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^27([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 27", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC27", reference:"wordpress-4.9.7-1.fc27")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wordpress"); }
References
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/wordpress-file-delete-to-code-execution/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104569
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9100
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4250
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00046.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164633/WordPress-4.9.6-Arbitrary-File-Deletion.html