Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1960-1 wordpress -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

17 Oct 2019

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 939543.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-16217, CVE-2019-16218, CVE-2019-16219, CVE-2019-16220, CVE-2019-16221, CVE-2019-16222, CVE-2019-16223.

More information:

Several cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a popular content management framework. An attacker can use these flaws to send malicious scripts to an unsuspecting user.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.27+dfsg-0+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS