Information Exposure Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.7.2+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-362872
  • published30 Jan 2017
  • disclosed30 Jan 2017

Introduced: 30 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5610  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 4.7.2+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.

wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php in Press This in WordPress before 4.7.2 does not properly restrict visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms.