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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3375-1 (wordpress - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in Wordpress, the popular blogging engine. CVE-2015-5714 A cross-site scripting vulnerability when processing shortcode tags has been discovered. The issue has been fixed by not allowing unclosed HTML elements in attributes. CVE-2015-5715 A vulnerability has been discovered, allowing users without proper permissions to publish private posts and make them sticky. The issue has been fixed in the XMLRPC code of Wordpress by not allowing private posts to be sticky. Other issue(s) A cross-site scripting vulnerability in user list tables has been discovered. The issue has been fixed by URL-escaping email addresses in those user lists.
Affected Software
Affected Software
wordpress on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems will be fixed in later update. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u5. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.3.1+dfsg-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.3.1+dfsg-1. We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.