WordPress Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2018) - Linux

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CPE = "cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.812508");
  script_version("2023-03-01T10:20:05+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5776");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-03-01 10:20:05 +0000 (Wed, 01 Mar 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-02-01 15:06:00 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-01-22 14:20:20 +0530 (Mon, 22 Jan 2018)");
  script_name("WordPress Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2018) - Linux");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WordPress is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An XSS flaw exists in the Flash fallback
  files in MediaElement, a library that is included with WordPress. Because
  the Flash files are no longer needed for most use cases, they have been
  removed from WordPress.

  21 other bugs were fixed in WordPress 4.9.2:

  - JavaScript errors that prevented saving posts in Firefox have been fixed.

  - The previous taxonomy-agnostic behavior of get_category_link() and
    category_description() was restored.

  - Switching themes will now attempt to restore previous widget assignments,
    even when there are no sidebars to map.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to conduct cross site scripting attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress versions prior to 4.9.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to WordPress version 4.9.2 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2018/01/wordpress-4-9-2-security-and-maintenance-release/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.2");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("os_detection.nasl", "gb_wordpress_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

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

if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"4.9.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"4.9.2");
  security_message(data:report, port:port);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);