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Fedora 44 : wordpress (2026-b11dcc003b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 377491

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-b11dcc003b advisory.

 ## WordPress 6.9.11 Security Release

 Security updates included in this release

 - A weakness in the WordPress upgrade process which can lead to remote code execution during the upgrade window, reported by Umut Bayram.
 - A stored XSS with specially crafted block markup, reported by Rafie Muhammad (Awesome Motive, Inc.).
 - Privacy Data Removal Requests can be created in a way that leads to stored XSS, reported by Anthropic.
 - Multiple stored XSS issues in the Interactivity API independently discovered by AnC and DatNLQ from VietSunshine Cyber Security, rekter0 and Anas cherni, Marcel Karlsson (whoismarcel), and Weston Ruter, Jon Surrell, Alex Concha, and Luis Herranz of the WordPress Security Team.
 - A stored denial of service issue in the Interactivity API, reported by Jon Surrell of the WordPress Security Team.
 - A stored XSS in Customizer selective refresh, reported by Rafie Muhammad (Awesome Motive, Inc.).
 - A Stored XSS in the Categories block reported by Ben Bidner of the WordPress Security Team.
 - Specially crafted User Logins can lead to a stored XSS reported by Anthropic.
 - Unpublished customizer changesets can be discovered by unauthenticated users, reported by Antonio Lorensius Silaban.
 - A Stored XSS in Playlist and image blocks, reported by Ben Bidner of the WordPress Security Team.
 Stored XSS in core/comments-pagination-next and core/comments-pagination-previous blocks, reported by Alex Concha of the WordPress Security Team.
 - Notes can be read by privileged users that lack access to edit the post the note is attached to, reported by Ramon of the WordPress Security Team.
 -An update to the bundled root certificates due to the eMudhra revocation.

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

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-2026-b11dcc003b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 377491

File Name: fedora_2026-b11dcc003b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2026

Updated: 11/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, 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: 10/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2026

Reference Information