Fedora 23 : wordpress-4.3.1-1.fc23 (2015-15983)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86166

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

**WordPress 4.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release** [Upstream announcement](https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/):
WordPress 4.3.1 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. This release addresses three issues, including two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential privilege escalation. * WordPress versions 4.3 and earlier are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting vulnerability when processing shortcode tags (CVE-2015-5714). Reported by Shahar Tal and Netanel Rubin of Check Point. * A separate cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in the user list table. Reported by Ben Bidner of the WordPress security team. * Finally, in certain cases, users without proper permissions could publish private posts and make them sticky (CVE-2015-5715).
Reported by Shahar Tal and Netanel Rubin of Check Point. WordPress 4.3.1 also fixes twenty-six bugs. For more information, see the [release notes](https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.3.1) or consult the [list of changes](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log/branches/4.3/?rev=34199&s t op_rev=33647).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected wordpress package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86166

File Name: fedora_2015-15983.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5714, CVE-2015-5715

FEDORA: 2015-15983

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