Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.8.3+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-2331728
  • published7 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Jan 2022

Introduced: 6 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-21662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 5.8.3+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 is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Low-privileged authenticated users (like author) in WordPress core are able to execute JavaScript/perform stored XSS attack, which can affect high-privileged users. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.8.3. Older affected versions are also fixed via security release, that go back till 3.7.37. We strongly recommend that you keep auto-updates enabled. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS Scores

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