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HistoryJun 27, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability (Jun 2018) - Windows

2018-06-2700:00:00
Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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26

6.5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.535 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.6%

WordPress is prone to an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813454");
  script_version("2023-03-01T10:20:05+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12895");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-03-01 10:20:05 +0000 (Wed, 01 Mar 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-11-05 18:42:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-06-27 12:51:49 +0530 (Wed, 27 Jun 2018)");
  script_name("WordPress Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability (Jun 2018) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WordPress is prone to an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an insufficient
  sanitization of user input data in the 'wp-includes/post.php' script before
  passing on to a file deletion function.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to delete any file of the wordPress installation and any other file
  on the server on which the PHP process user has the proper permissions to delete.
  Also capability of arbitrary file deletion can be used to circumvent some
  security measures and execute arbitrary code on the webserver.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"All wordPress versions through version 4.9.6.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.9.7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/wordpress-file-delete-to-code-execution");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2018/07/wordpress-4-9-7-security-and-maintenance-release/");
  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_windows");

  exit(0);
}

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

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"4.9.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"4.9.7", install_path:path);
  security_message(data:report, port:port);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

6.5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.535 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.6%