Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.7.5+dfsg-1
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- published18 May 2017
- disclosed18 May 2017
Introduced: 18 May 2017
CVE-2017-9062 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 4.7.5+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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is improper handling of post meta data values in the XML-RPC API.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9062
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9062