Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-362622
  • published3 Oct 2017
  • disclosed3 Oct 2017

Introduced: 3 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-14990  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-312  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

WordPress 4.8.2 stores cleartext wp_signups.activation_key values (but stores the analogous wp_users.user_activation_key values as hashes), which might make it easier for remote attackers to hijack unactivated user accounts by leveraging database read access (such as access gained through an unspecified SQL injection vulnerability).