WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6075 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6075-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     December 10, 2025                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : wordpress     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-4439 CVE-2024-6307 CVE-2024-31111 CVE-2025-58246                      CVE-2025-58674

    Multiple security issues were discovered in the WordPress blogging tool,     which could result in cross-site scripting or information disclosure.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1.

    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

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4358 advisory.

    - -----------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4358-1              debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                      Utkarsh Gupta     November 02, 2025                           https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : wordpress     Version        : 5.7.14+dfsg1-0+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-6307 CVE-2024-31111 CVE-2025-58246                      CVE-2025-58674     Debian Bug     : 1074486 1117047

    Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wordpress,     a popular content management framework.

    CVE-2024-6307

        WordPress Core is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting via         the HTML API due to insufficient input sanitization and output         escaping on URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated         attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject         arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user         accesses an injected page.

    CVE-2024-31111

        Improper neutralization of input during web gage generation (XSS or         Cross-site Scripting) vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows         Stored XSS.

    CVE-2025-58246

        Insertion of sensitive information into sent data vulnerability in         WordPress allows retrieval of embedded sensitive data.

    CVE-2025-58674

        Improper neutralization of input during web page generation         (Cross-site Scripting) vulnerability in WordPress allows         Stored XSS.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     5.7.14+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

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTML API in various versions prior to     6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on URLs. This makes it possible for     authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages     that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. (CVE-2024-6307)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
278002	Debian dsa-6075 : wordpress - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
272194	Debian dla-4358 : wordpress - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
231078	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6307	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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CVE-2024-6307

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Tenable Plugins

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