Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4985-1 wordpress -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 14 Oct 2021
- Affected Packages:
- wordpress
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 994059, Bug 994060.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-39200, CVE-2021-39201. - More information:
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Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks or impersonate other users.
For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.14+dfsg1-0+deb10u1.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 5.7.3+dfsg1-0+deb11u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.
For the detailed security status of wordpress please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wordpress