Bug 1296904 (CVE-2016-1564)

Summary:	CVE-2016-1564 wordpress: cross-site scripting fixed in wordpress 4.4.1
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	carnil, fedora, gwync
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Fixed In Version:	wordpress 4.4.1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-01-08 11:39:50 UTC

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in WordPress:

WordPress versions 4.4 and earlier are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could allow a site to be compromised. This was reported by Crtc4L.

This issue was fixed in the 4.4.1 release.

External References:

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/01/wordpress-4-4-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-01-08 14:49:14 UTC

This was fixed in Fedora and EPEL via:

wordpress-4.4.1-1.fc22
wordpress-4.4.1-1.fc23
wordpress-4.4.1-1.fc24
wordpress-4.4.1-1.el6
wordpress-4.4.1-1.el7
wordpress-4.4.1-1.el5