Bug 1374479 (CVE-2016-7168, CVE-2016-7169)

Summary:	CVE-2016-7168 CVE-2016-7169 wordpress: two security issues fixed in 4.6.1
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:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	fedora, gwync
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Fixed In Version:	wordpress 4.6.1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On:	1374480, 1374481
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-09-08 19:18:35 UTC

Two security issues were fixed in WordPress 4.6.1:

WordPress versions 4.6 and earlier are affected by two security issues: a cross-site scripting vulnerability via image filename, reported by SumOfPwn researcher Cengiz Han Sahin; and a path traversal vulnerability in the upgrade package uploader, reported by Dominik Schilling from the WordPress security team.

External References:

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/09/wordpress-4-6-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-09-08 19:19:06 UTC

Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1374480]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1374481]

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2016-09-08 19:22:18 UTC

Fixed in:

wordpress-4.6.1-1.el5
wordpress-4.6.1-1.el6
wordpress-4.6.1-1.el7
wordpress-4.6.1-1.fc23
wordpress-4.6.1-1.fc24
wordpress-4.6.1-1.fc25
wordpress-4.6.1-1.fc26

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-09-14 15:56:13 UTC

wordpress-4.6.1-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.