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Fedora 38 : wordpress (2024-0a2f144348)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193555

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-0a2f144348 advisory.

 - **WordPress 6.4.4 Security Release** Security updates included in this release * A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Avatar block type; reported by John Blackbourn of the WordPress security team. Many thanks to Mat Rollings for assisting with the research.
 (FEDORA-2024-0a2f144348)

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 wordpress package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-0a2f144348

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193555

File Name: fedora_2024-0a2f144348.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2024

Updated: 4/19/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2024

Reference Information