WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. ### Impact The issue allows an authenticated but low-privileged user (like contributor/author) to execute XSS in the editor. This bypasses the restrictions imposed on users who do not have the permission to post `unfiltered_html`. ### Patches This has been patched in WordPress 5.8, and will be pushed to older versions via minor releases (automatic updates). It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix. ### References https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/ https://hackerone.com/reports/1142140 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [HackerOne](https://hackerone.com/wordpress)

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the block editor.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-4985 advisory.

    Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers     to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks or impersonate other users. For the oldstable distribution     (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.14+dfsg1-0+deb10u1. For the stable distribution     (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 5.7.3+dfsg1-0+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade     your wordpress packages. For the detailed security status of wordpress please refer to its security     tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wordpress

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
113502	WordPress 5.0.x < 5.8.0 Cross-Site Scripting	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
154159	Debian DSA-4985-1 : wordpress - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2021-39201

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