5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.969 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.7%
WordPress is prone to Multiple Vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800657");
script_version("2024-02-19T05:05:57+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-19 05:05:57 +0000 (Mon, 19 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-07-18 09:37:41 +0200 (Sat, 18 Jul 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2432", "CVE-2009-2431", "CVE-2009-2336", "CVE-2009-2335", "CVE-2009-2334");
script_name("WordPress Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2009)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_http_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/http/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35584");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Jul/1022528.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to view the content of plugins
configuration pages, inject malicious scripting code, or gain knowledge of sensitive username information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress version prior to 2.8.1 on all running platform.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"- Error in 'wp-settings.php' which may disclose the sensitive information via
a direct request.
- username of a post's author is placed in an HTML comment, which allows
remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source.
- Error occur when user attempt for failed login or password request depending
on whether the user account exists, and it can be exploited by enumerate valid usernames.
- wp-admin/admin.php does not require administrative authentication
to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows attackers to specify a
configuration file in the page parameter via collapsing-archives/options.txt,
related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, wp-security-scan/securityscan.php,
akismet/readme.txt and wp-ids/ids-admin.php.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Version 2.8.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WordPress is prone to Multiple Vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_active");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! dir = get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( dir == "/" )
dir = "";
url = dir + "/wp-settings.php";
req = http_get( item:url, port:port );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req );
if( "ABSPATHwp-include" >< res && "include_path" >< res ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );