Debian DSA-4250-1 : wordpress - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 111173

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. It allowed remote attackers with specific roles to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u4.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=902876

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/wordpress

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4250

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111173

File Name: debian_DSA-4250.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2018

Updated: 11/8/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12895

DSA: 4250