Debian dsa-6525 : wordpress - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 350954

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-6525 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6525-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso September 28, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : wordpress CVE ID : CVE-2026-65640 CVE-2026-87902 CVE-2026-93485 Debian Bug : 1144955 1148368 1148743

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in wordpress, a web blogging tool, which could result in cross-site scripting, privilege escalation or remote code execution.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 6.8.10+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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 350954

File Name: debian_DSA-6525.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 9/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

Percentile: 99.77

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-65640, CVE-2026-87902, CVE-2026-93485

IAVA: 2026-A-0824-S, 2026-A-1055

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