Directory Traversal Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.8.2+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362470
  • published23 Sept 2017
  • disclosed23 Sept 2017

Introduced: 23 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14722  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.8.2+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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress allowed a Directory Traversal attack in the Customizer component via a crafted theme filename.