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Debian: DSA-3444-1 Critical: Wordpress Cross-Site Scripting Issue

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Calendar Grey January 13, 2016
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Ensure that your Wordpress platform is promptly upgraded to mitigate a serious cross-site scripting vulnerability identified by Crtc4L affecting Debian systems.
Crtc4L discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in wordpress, a web blogging tool, allowing a remote authenticated administrator to compromise the site
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u9.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.4.1+dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

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



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Package: wordpress
CVE ID: CVE-2016-1564

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