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Fedora 43 : wordpress (2026-61704c09ea)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338623

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-61704c09ea advisory.

 ## WordPress 6.9.7 Release

 **Security update included in this release**

 - Authenticated Author+ remote code execution via malicious file upload on sites that use Imagick and Ghostscript. **CVE-2026-65640**


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 ## WordPress 6.9.6 Release

 **Security update included in this release**


 - Pre-auth reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on the login screen with potential to lead to PHP code execution reported by the team at pwn.ai. **CVE-2026-64638**
 - Contributor+ stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in posts via the emoji settings element reported by Asaf Mozes (amosec)
 - Contributor+ stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Post Content block reported by n05ec
 - Contributor+ stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Quick Edit on sites with a large number of users reported by Naveen S and Ajmal Moochingal
 - Contributor+ stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Post Date block reported by Alex Concha of the WordPress Security Team
 - A privilege escalation issue on multisite networks with user registration enabled, allowing a user to create a new site reported by Aikido Security
 - An information disclosure issue in the Latest Comments block exposing comments on password-protected posts reported by Ehtisham Siddiqui of the WordPress Security Team
 - Enumeration of post slugs reported by HDWSec
 - Disclosure of notes in comment feeds reported by Elio Gubser
 - Author+ CSS injection via a bypass of the safe CSS attribute filter reported by Anthropic
 - Bypass of the email address confirmation flow reported by 0ways
 - A server-side request forgery (SSRF) issue in URL validation allowing requests to link-local ranges reported by Andrew Mohawk and multiple independent reporters



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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

Update the affected wordpress package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-61704c09ea

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338623

File Name: fedora_2026-61704c09ea.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Percentile: 99.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-65640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.9

Threat Score: 7.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-64638

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64638, CVE-2026-65640

FEDORA: 2026-61704c09ea

IAVA: 2026-A-0824