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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4896-1 wordpress -- security update

Date Reported:

22 Apr 2021

Affected Packages:

wordpress

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 987065.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-29447, CVE-2021-29450.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, and access private content.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.12+dfsg1-0+deb10u1.

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