5.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.8%
The WordPress plugin
# Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# 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-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112627");
script_version("2023-01-13T10:21:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-01-13 10:21:10 +0000 (Fri, 13 Jan 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-08-15 11:09:00 +0000 (Thu, 15 Aug 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-08-24 17:37:00 +0000 (Mon, 24 Aug 2020)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14793");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("WordPress Meta Box Plugin < 4.16.3 File Deletion Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/meta-box/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Meta Box' is prone to a file deletion
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an authenticated attacker to
delete arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Meta Box plugin before version 4.16.3.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.16.3 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wordpress.org/plugins/meta-box/#developers");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/02/01/full-disclosure-of-authenticated-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-with-300000-installs/");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:metabox:meta_box";
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) ) exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "4.16.3" )) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.16.3", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
5.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.8%