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Debian DSA-4896-1 : wordpress - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148963

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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 XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, and access private content.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.12+dfsg1-0+deb10u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=987065

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4896

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148963

File Name: debian_DSA-4896.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29447

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29447, CVE-2021-29450

DSA: 4896