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HistorySep 12, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress < 3.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

2012-09-1200:00:00
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CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

56.0%

According to its version number, the WordPress install hosted on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  • The application is affected by an unspecified bug that affects multisite installs with untrusted users.

  • The application is affected by an unspecified vulnerability that may allow for privilege escalation in the Atom Publishing Protocol endpoint.

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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(62046);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4421", "CVE-2012-4422");
  script_bugtraq_id(55455);

  script_name(english:"WordPress < 3.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  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 install hosted on the
remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - The application is affected by an unspecified
    bug that affects multisite installs with untrusted
    users.

  - The application is affected by an unspecified
    vulnerability that may allow for privilege escalation
    in the Atom Publishing Protocol endpoint.

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/2012/09/wordpress-3-4-2/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to WordPress 3.4.2 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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-2012-4421");

  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:"2012/09/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/12");

  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_set_attribute(attribute:"enable_cgi_scanning", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("wordpress_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/PHP", "installed_sw/WordPress", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  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 3.4.2 are vulnerable
if (
  ver[0] < 3 ||
  (ver[0] == 3 && ver[1] < 4) ||
  (ver[0] == 3 && ver[1] == 4 && ver[2] < 2)
)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n  URL               : ' +install_url+
      '\n  Installed version : ' +version+
      '\n  Fixed version     : 3.4.2\n';
    security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_warning(port);
}
else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, version);

CVSS2

4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

AI Score

7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

56.0%