QID 154110

Date Published: 2022-05-20

QID 154110: WordPress Multiple Vulnerabilities (JAN-2017)

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database.

Affected versions of WordPress Core have multiple vulnerabilities:
CVE-2017-5610 : Press This UI Available to Unauthorized Users
CVE-2017-5611 : WP_Query SQL Injection
CVE-2017-5612 : Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in posts list table

Affected Versions:
WordPress versions prior to 4.7.2

QID Detection Logic:
This QID checks for vulnerable version of WordPress installed on the target.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, JavaScript code and allows UI access to unauthorized users.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Upgrade the WordPress to new version.

Vendor References

WordPress - wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/

CVEs related to QID 154110

CVE-2017-5610 | CVE-2017-5611 | CVE-2017-5612 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
WordPress			wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/

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