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FreeBSD : wordpress -- multiple issues (5df757ef-a564-11ec-85fa-a0369f7f7be0)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158994

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 5df757ef-a564-11ec-85fa-a0369f7f7be0 advisory.

 - wordpress developers reports: This security and maintenance release features 1 bug fix in addition to 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated. The security team would like to thank the following people for responsively reporting vulnerabilities, allowing them to be fixed in this release: -Melar Dev, for finding a Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in a jQuery dependency -Ben Bidner of the WordPress security team, for finding a Stored Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability -Researchers from Johns Hopkins University, for finding a Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in the block editor (5df757ef-a564-11ec-85fa-a0369f7f7be0)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b97fee2e

http://www.nessus.org/u?c71de42d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158994

File Name: freebsd_pkg_5df757efa56411ec85faa0369f7f7be0.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 3/16/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fr-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:th_tw-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh_cn-wordpress, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2022