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Gentoo: GLSA-200506-04 Normal: Wordpress SQL and XSS Threats Detected

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Calendar Grey June 6, 2005
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Explore the Standard risk alert concerning Wordpress flaws within Gentoo Linux, alongside essential upgrade procedures.
Wordpress contains SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Wordpress: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: June 06, 2005 Bugs: #88926, #94512 ID: 200506-04

Synopsis ======= Wordpress contains SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities.
Background ========= WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing system.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/wordpress < 1.5.1.2 >= 1.5.1.2
========== Due to a lack of input validation, WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection and XSS attacks.
Impact ===== An attacker could use the SQL injection vulnerabilites to gain information from the database....

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