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Debian DLA-321-1 : wordpress security update

2015-10-0100:00:00
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Various security issue have been fixed in the Debian LTS (squeeze) version of the Wordpress content management system.

CVE-2015-5714

A cross-site scripting vulnerability when processing shortcode tags has been discovered.

The issue has been fixed by not allowing unclosed HTML elements in attributes.

CVE-2015-5715

A vulnerability has been discovered, allowing users without proper permissions to publish private posts and make them sticky.

The issue has been fixed in the XMLRPC code of Wordpress by not allowing private posts to be sticky.

Other issue(s)

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in user list tables has been discovered.

The issue has been fixed by URL-escaping email addresses in those user lists.

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.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-321-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(86213);
  script_version("2.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5714", "CVE-2015-5715");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-321-1 : 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:
"Various security issue have been fixed in the Debian LTS (squeeze)
version of the Wordpress content management system.

CVE-2015-5714

A cross-site scripting vulnerability when processing shortcode tags
has been discovered.

The issue has been fixed by not allowing unclosed HTML
elements in attributes.

CVE-2015-5715

A vulnerability has been discovered, allowing users without proper
permissions to publish private posts and make them sticky.

The issue has been fixed in the XMLRPC code of Wordpress by
not allowing private posts to be sticky.

Other issue(s)

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in user list tables has been
discovered.

The issue has been fixed by URL-escaping email addresses in
those user lists.

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/2015/09/msg00018.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:N/I:P/A:N");
  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:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  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:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  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:"2015/09/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/10/01");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 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:"6.0", prefix:"wordpress", reference:"3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"wordpress-l10n", reference:"3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u8")) 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");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxwordpressp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress
debiandebian_linuxwordpress-l10np-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-l10n
debiandebian_linux6.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0