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Debian dsa-6091 : wordpress - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279495

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6091 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6091-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 21, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : wordpress CVE ID : CVE-2025-58246 CVE-2025-58674

 Multiple security issues were discovered in the WordPress blogging tool, which could result in cross-site scripting or information disclosure.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 6.8.3+dfsg1-0+deb13u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

 For the detailed security status of wordpress please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wordpress

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-58246

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-58674

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279495

File Name: debian_DSA-6091.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2025

Updated: 12/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-58674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentytwentythree, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentytwentyfour, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress-theme-twentytwentyfive, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-58246, CVE-2025-58674