Debian DSA-3815-1 : wordpress - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 97922

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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 would allow remote attackers to delete unintended files, mount Cross-Site Scripting attacks, or bypass redirect URL validation mechanisms.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u13.

For the upcoming stable (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 4.7.3+dfsg-1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 97922

File Name: debian_DSA-3815.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/24/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6814, CVE-2017-6815, CVE-2017-6816, CVE-2017-6817

DSA: 3815

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