Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting wordpress package, versions <5.2.3+dfsg1-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.72% (81st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-466584
- published 11 Sep 2019
- disclosed 11 Sep 2019
Introduced: 11 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-16221 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
wordpress
to version 5.2.3+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.
WordPress before 5.2.3 allows reflected XSS in the dashboard.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16221
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4599
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://wordpress.org/news/2019/09/wordpress-5-2-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9865
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00023.html
CVSS Scores
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