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Debian: CVE-2018-10102: wordpress -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-10102: wordpress -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/16/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2018
Modified
02/18/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-wordpress

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