Debian: DSA-3383-1: wordpress security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3383-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
October 29, 2015                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : wordpress
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-2213 CVE-2015-5622 CVE-2015-5714 CVE-2015-5715 
                 CVE-2015-5731 CVE-2015-5732 CVE-2015-5734 CVE-2015-7989
Debian Bug     : 794560 799140

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging
tool. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:

CVE-2015-2213

    SQL Injection allowed a remote attacker to compromise the site.

CVE-2015-5622

    The robustness of the shortcodes HTML tags filter has been improved.
    The parsing is a bit more strict, which may affect your
    installation.

CVE-2015-5714

    A cross-site scripting vulnerability when processing shortcode tags.

CVE-2015-5715

    A vulnerability has been discovered, allowing users without proper
    permissions to publish private posts and make them sticky.

CVE-2015-5731

    An attacker could lock a post that was being edited.

CVE-2015-5732

    Cross-site scripting in a widget title allows an attacker to steal
    sensitive information.

CVE-2015-5734

    Fix some broken links in the legacy theme preview.

CVE-2015-7989

    A cross-site scripting vulnerability in user list tables.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u8.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u5 or earlier in DSA-3332-1 and DSA-3375-1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 4.3.1+dfsg-1 or earlier versions.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.3.1+dfsg-1 or earlier versions.

We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

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