WordPress cat Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800124");
  script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-05 06:52:23 +0100 (Wed, 05 Nov 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4769");
  script_name("WordPress cat Parameter Directory Traversal Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/29949");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28845");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.juniper.fi/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28845.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/detected");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attack could lead to execution of arbitrary PHP code and
  can even access sensitive information.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress 2.3.3 and earlier.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to improper validation of input passed via cat parameter
  to index.php which is not properly sanitized in the get_category_template() function.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Version 2.5.1 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WordPress is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))
  exit(0);

if(!ver = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:port))
  exit(0);

if(version_is_less_equal(version:ver, test_version:"2.3.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ver, fixed_version:"2.5.1");
  security_message(port:port, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);