| Name | CVE-2018-10102 |
| Description | Before WordPress 4.9.5, the version string was not escaped in the get_the_generator function, and could lead to XSS in a generator tag. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1366-1, DSA-4193-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 895034 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.5+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.5.2+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/42893
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/31a4369366d6b8ce30045d4c838de2412c77850d