Debian DSA-4090-1 : wordpress - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106109

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform SQL injections and various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) and Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, as well as bypass some access restrictions.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u16.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106109

File Name: debian_DSA-4090.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/18/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16510, CVE-2017-17091, CVE-2017-17092, CVE-2017-17093, CVE-2017-17094, CVE-2017-9066

DSA: 4090

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