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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4401-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Sebastien Delafond
March 01, 2019                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : wordpress
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-20147 CVE-2018-20148 CVE-2018-20149 CVE-2018-20150 
                 CVE-2018-20151 CVE-2018-20152 CVE-2018-20153 CVE-2019-8942
Debian Bug     : 916403

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging
tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side
Scripting (XSS) and PHP injections attacks, delete files, leak
potentially sensitive data, create posts of unauthorized types, or
cause denial-of-service by application crash.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5.

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/source-package/wordpress

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4401-1: wordpress security update

March 1, 2019
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool

Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u5.

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/source-package/wordpress

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging
tool. They allowed remote attackers to perform various Cross-Side
Scripting (XSS) and PHP injections attacks, delete files, leak
potentially sensitive data, create posts of unauthorized types, or
cause denial-of-service by application crash.

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