CVE-2024-31111 — WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from 6.5 through 6.5.4, from 6.4 through 6.4.4, from 6.3 through 6.3.4, from 6.2 through 6.2.5, from 6.1 through 6.1.6, from 6.0 through 6.0.8, from 5.9 through 5.9.9.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Automattic	WordPress	6.5 – ≤ 6.5.4, 6.4 – ≤ 6.4.4, 6.3 – ≤ 6.3.4, 6.2 – ≤ 6.2.5, 6.1 – ≤ 6.1.6, 6.0 – ≤ 6.0.8, 5.9 – ≤ 5.9.9	—

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	6.5.5+dfsg1-1	—
Debian 13	wordpress	6.5.5+dfsg1-1	—
Debian 12	wordpress	6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	DSA-6075-1
Debian 11	wordpress	5.7.14+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	DLA-4358-1

Ubuntu