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Debian DSA-4709-1 : wordpress - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137764

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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 allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side Scripting (XSS) attacks, create open redirects, escalate privileges, and bypass authorization access.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.10+dfsg1-0+deb10u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962685

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4709

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137764

File Name: debian_DSA-4709.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/24/2020

Updated: 3/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-4050

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-4047

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-4047, CVE-2020-4048, CVE-2020-4049, CVE-2020-4050

DSA: 4709

IAVA: 2020-A-0266-S