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Debian: CVE-2022-4973: wordpress -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 16, 2024
Added
Oct 21, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

WordPress Core, in versions up to 6.0.2, is vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting that can be exploited by users with access to the WordPress post and page editor, typically consisting of Authors, Contributors, and Editors making it possible to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts and pages that execute if the the_meta(); function is called on that page.

Solution

debian-upgrade-wordpress
Title
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