Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <3.0.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-363577
  • published21 Jan 2014
  • disclosed21 Jan 2014

Introduced: 21 Jan 2014

CVE-2010-5295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 3.0.2-1 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.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a plugin's author field, which is not properly handled during a Delete Plugin action.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1