Debian DSA-3383-1 : wordpress - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86666

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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. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2015-2213 SQL Injection allowed a remote attacker to compromise the site.

- CVE-2015-5622 The robustness of the shortcodes HTML tags filter has been improved. The parsing is a bit more strict, which may affect your installation.

- CVE-2015-5714 A cross-site scripting vulnerability when processing shortcode tags.

- CVE-2015-5715 A vulnerability has been discovered, allowing users without proper permissions to publish private posts and make them sticky.

- CVE-2015-5731 An attacker could lock a post that was being edited.

- CVE-2015-5732 Cross-site scripting in a widget title allows an attacker to steal sensitive information.

- CVE-2015-5734 Fix some broken links in the legacy theme preview.

- CVE-2015-7989 A cross-site scripting vulnerability in user list tables.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u8.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u5 or earlier in DSA-3332-1 and DSA-3375-1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86666

File Name: debian_DSA-3383.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2213, CVE-2015-5622, CVE-2015-5714, CVE-2015-5715, CVE-2015-5731, CVE-2015-5732, CVE-2015-5734, CVE-2015-7989

DSA: 3383

Detections

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