FreeBSD : wordpress -- XSS vulnerability (ba4f9b19-ed9d-11e4-9118-bcaec565249c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83282

Synopsis

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

Description

Gary Pendergast reports :

WordPress 4.2.1 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

A few hours ago, the WordPress team was made aware of a cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable commenters to compromise a site. The vulnerability was discovered by Jouko Pynnone.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-2-1/

http://www.nessus.org/u?8c13c383

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83282

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ba4f9b19ed9d11e49118bcaec565249c.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 5/8/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress-zh_tw, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2015