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Debian: CVE-2016-1564: wordpress -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-1564: wordpress -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/14/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) stylesheet name or (2) template name to wp-admin/customize.php.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-wordpress

References

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