Summary
The remote host is missing an update to wordpress
announced via advisory DSA 1502-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201502-1
Insight
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in wordpress, a weblog manager.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-3238
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php.
CVE-2007-2821
SQL injection vulnerability in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php in WordPress before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cookie parameter.
CVE-2008-0193
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.
CVE-2008-0194
Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.10-1etch1. Wordpress is not present in the oldstable distribution (sarge).
We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-2821, CVE-2007-3238, CVE-2008-0193, CVE-2008-0194 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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