Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-363320
  • published14 Dec 2018
  • disclosed14 Dec 2018

Introduced: 14 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5 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 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1, crafted URLs could trigger XSS for certain use cases involving plugins.