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Debian: DSA-4985-1 Moderate: Wordpress XSS and User Impersonation Issues

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2021
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Several security flaws in WordPress have enabled remote attackers to carry out XSS exploits or take on the identities of other users. Please update immediately.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 5.0.14+dfsg1-0+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.7.3+dfsg1-0+deb11u1.

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/



Package: wordpress
CVE ID: CVE-2021-39200 CVE-2021-39201

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