| Name | CVE-2023-38000 |
| Description | Auth. Stored (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.1.3, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7 and Gutenberg plugin <= 16.8.0 versions. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| 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 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 6.5.2+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wordpress | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| wordpress | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| wordpress | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 6.3.2+dfsg1-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - wordpress <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code was introduced in 5.9)
[buster] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code was introduced in 5.9)
https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-6-3-2/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2978318/gutenberg/trunk/build/block-library/blocks/post-navigation-link.php