Debian DLA-321-1 : wordpress security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86213

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Various security issue have been fixed in the Debian LTS (squeeze) version of the Wordpress content management system.

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.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected wordpress, and wordpress-l10n packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86213

File Name: debian_DLA-321.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-l10n

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2015

Reference Information

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

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