Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20199787000
Revision Date:2019-03-14Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-9787 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:WordPress before 5.1.1 does not properly filter comment content, leading to Remote Code Execution by unauthenticated users in a default configuration. This occurs because CSRF protection is mishandled, and because Search Engine Optimization of A elements is performed incorrectly, leading to XSS. The XSS results in administrative access, which allows arbitrary changes to .php files. This is related to wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php and wp-includes/comment.php.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-9787
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'wordpress' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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