Incorrect Authorization Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.7.3+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563462
  • published12 Mar 2017
  • disclosed12 Mar 2017

Introduced: 12 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6816  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 4.7.3+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.