Fedora 42: WordPress 6.8.3 Important Security Update XSS 2025-0fe3b1b7fc
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October 10, 2025
WordPress 6.8.3 Release Security updates included in this release: A data exposure issue where authenticated users could access some restricted content
Summary
Wordpress is an online publishing / weblog package that makes it very easy,
almost trivial, to get information out to people on the web.
Important information in /usr/share/doc/wordpress/README.fedora
Update Information:
WordPress 6.8.3 Release Security updates included in this release: A data exposure issue where authenticated users could access some restricted content. Independently reported by Mike Nelson, Abu Hurayra, Timothy Jacobs, and Peter Wilson. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability requiring an authenticated user role that affects the nav menus. Reported by Phill Savage.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Oct 1 2025 Remi Collet
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2025-0fe3b1b7fc
2025-10-10 00:48:50.885550+00:00
Name : wordpress
Product : Fedora 42
Version : 6.8.3
Release : 1.fc42
URL : https://wordpress.org/
Summary : Blog tool and publishing platform
Description :
Wordpress is an online publishing / weblog package that makes it very easy,
almost trivial, to get information out to people on the web.
Important information in /usr/share/doc/wordpress/README.fedora
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-0fe3b1b7fc' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: wordpress
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 6.8.3
Release: 1.fc42
Summary: Blog tool and publishing platform
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