Bug 1296904 (CVE-2016-1564) - CVE-2016-1564 wordpress: cross-site scripting fixed in wordpress 4.4.1
Summary: CVE-2016-1564 wordpress: cross-site scripting fixed in wordpress 4.4.1
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2016-1564
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2016-01-08 11:39 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:32 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: wordpress 4.4.1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-01-08 14:49:14 UTC
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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
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