Improper Input Validation Affecting wordpress package, versions <3.5.2+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363607
  • published 8 Jul 2013
  • disclosed 8 Jul 2013

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 3.5.2+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.

moxieplayer.as in Moxiecode moxieplayer, as used in the TinyMCE Media plugin in WordPress before 3.5.2 and other products, does not consider the presence of a # (pound sign) character during extraction of the QUERY_STRING, which allows remote attackers to pass arbitrary parameters to a Flash application, and conduct content-spoofing attacks, via a crafted string after a ? (question mark) character.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.3 medium