Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.2.3+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.78% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563487
  • published11 Sept 2019
  • disclosed11 Sept 2019

Introduced: 11 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 5.2.3+dfsg1-1 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.

WordPress before 5.2.3 allows XSS in media uploads because wp_ajax_upload_attachment is mishandled.

CVSS Scores

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