ArchLinux: 201609-32: wordpress: multiple issues
Summary
- CVE-2016-7168 (cross-site scripting)
A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered via a
malicious image filename, reported by SumOfPwn researcher Cengiz Han
Sahin. A WordPress admin can be tricked into uploading a malicious
image file requested by a user this admin trusts or a popular malicious
image that was spread via social media.
- CVE-2016-7169 (directory traversal)
A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in the upgrade
package uploader, reported by Dominik Schilling from the WordPress
security team.
Resolution
Upgrade to 4.6.1-1.
# pacman -Syu "wordpress>=4.6.1-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 4.6.1.
References
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/24 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7168 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7169
Workaround
None.