Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.9.5+dfsg1-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.51% (77th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-362492
- published 16 Apr 2018
- disclosed 16 Apr 2018
Introduced: 16 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-10102 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 4.9.5+dfsg1-1 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 WordPress 4.9.5, the version string was not escaped in the get_the_generator function, and could lead to XSS in a generator tag.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10102
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.5
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/42893
- https://wordpress.org/news/2018/04/wordpress-4-9-5-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4193
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00031.html
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/31a4369366d6b8ce30045d4c838de2412c77850d
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9055
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103775
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040836
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-10102
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