WordPress Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2009)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
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# 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("2025-12-11T05:46:19+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-11 05:46:19 +0000 (Thu, 11 Dec 2025)");
  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 );