ELA-400-1 wordpress security update

multiple vulnerabilities

2021-04-05
Packagewordpress
Version4.1.32+dfsg-0+deb8u1
Related CVEs CVE-2020-25286 CVE-2020-28032 CVE-2020-28033 CVE-2020-28034 CVE-2020-28035 CVE-2020-28036 CVE-2020-28037 CVE-2020-28038 CVE-2020-28039 CVE-2020-28040


There were several vulnerabilites reported against wordpress, as follows:

CVE-2020-25286

In wp-includes/comment-template.php in WordPress before 4.1.32
comments from a post or page could sometimes be seen in the
latest comments even if the post or page was not public.

CVE-2020-28032

WordPress before 4.1.32 mishandles deserialization requests in
wp-includes/Requests/Utility/FilteredIterator.php.

CVE-2020-28033

WordPress before 4.1.32 mishandles embeds from disabled sites
on a multisite network, as demonstrated by allowing a spam
embed.

CVE-2020-28034

WordPress before 4.1.32 allows XSS associated with global
variables.

CVE-2020-28035

WordPress before 4.1.32 allows attackers to gain privileges via
XML-RPC.

CVE-2020-28036

wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in WordPress before
4.1.32 allows attackers to gain privileges by using XML-RPC to
comment on a post.

CVE-2020-28037

is_blog_installed in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress
before 4.1.32 improperly determines whether WordPress is
already installed, which might allow an attacker to perform
a new installation, leading to remote code execution (as well
as a denial of service for the old installation).

CVE-2020-28038

WordPress before 4.1.32 allows stored XSS via post slugs.

CVE-2020-28039

is_protected_meta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before
4.1.32 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not
properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected.

CVE-2020-28040

WordPress before 4.1.32 allows CSRF attacks that change a
theme's background image.


For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.32+dfsg-0+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.