Arch Linux: ASA-201509-7 Medium Cross-Site Scripting Risk

The package wordpress before version 4.3.1-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including cross-side scripting and permission bypass.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201509-7
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2015-09-21
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-5714 CVE-2015-5715
Package : wordpress
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package wordpress before version 4.3.1-1 is vulnerable to multiple
issues including cross-side scripting and permission bypass.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 4.3.1-1.

# pacman -Syu "wordpress>=4.3.1-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.3.1.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2015-5714 (cross-side scripting)

A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered when processing
shortcode tags.

- CVE-2015-5715 (permission bypass)

It has been discovered that users without proper permissions could
publish private posts and make them sticky.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to perform a cross-side scripting attack via
shortcode tags or create sticky notes without proper permissions.

References
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https://wordpress.org/news/2015/09/wordpress-4-3-1/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5714
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5715
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46340