Fedora 26 : wordpress (2018-97ad7e69c1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109018

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

**WordPress 4.9.5 Security and Maintenance Release**

WordPress 4.9.5 is now available. This is a security and maintenance release for all versions since WordPress 3.7. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

WordPress versions 4.9.4 and earlier are affected by three security issues. As part of the core team's ongoing commitment to security hardening, the following fixes have been implemented in 4.9.5 :

- Don't treat localhost as same host by default.

- Use safe redirects when redirecting the login page if SSL is forced.

- Make sure the version string is correctly escaped for use in generator tags.

Thank you to the reporters of these issues for practicing [coordinated security disclosure](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/reporting
-security-vulnerabilities/):
[xknown](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xknown) of the WordPress Security Team, [Nitin Venkatesh (nitstorm)](https://hackerone.com/nitstorm), and [Garth Mortensen](https://twitter.com/voldemortensen) of the WordPress Security Team.

Twenty-five other bugs were fixed in WordPress 4.9.5. Particularly of note were :

- The previous styles on caption shortcodes have been restored.

- Cropping on touch screen devices is now supported.

- A variety of strings such as error messages have been updated for better clarity.

- The position of an attachment placeholder during uploads has been fixed.

- Custom nonce functionality in the REST API JavaScript client has been made consistent throughout the code base.

- Improved compatibility with PHP 7.2.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected wordpress package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109018

File Name: fedora_2018-97ad7e69c1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/13/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2018

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2018-97ad7e69c1

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