Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the media-playlists feature in WordPress before 3.9.x before 3.9.3 and 4.x before 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wordpress | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | wordpress | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wordpress | 4.0.1+dfsg-1 | — |
References
- [oss-security] 20141125 Re: WordPress 4.0.1 Security Release mailing-list
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0493.html
- 1031243 vdb-entry
- 71236 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2014:233 vendor-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/