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Possible CVE Request: Wordpress 4.1.2 security release


From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil () debian org>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:30:00 +0200

Hi

I have not seen a request for CVEs for the issues fixed in the recent
WordPress security release:

https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/

WordPress 4.1.2 is now available. This is a critical security release
for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your
sites immediately.

WordPress versions 4.1.1 and earlier are affected by a critical cross-
site scripting vulnerability, which could enable anonymous users to
compromise a site. This was reported by Cedric Van Bockhaven and fixed
by Gary Pendergast, Mike Adams, and Andrew Nacin of the WordPress
security team.

We also fixed three other security issues:

 * In WordPress 4.1 and higher, files with invalid or unsafe names
   could be uploaded. Discovered by Michael Kapfer and Sebastian
   Kraemer of HSASec.
 * In WordPress 3.9 and higher, a very limited cross-site scripting
   vulnerability could be used as part of a social engineering attack.
   Discovered by Jakub Zoczek.
 * Some plugins were vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability.
   Discovered by Ben Bidner of the WordPress security team.

We also made four hardening changes, discovered by J.D. Grimes, Divyesh
Prajapati, Allan Collins, Marc-Alexandre Montpas and Jeff Bowen.

We appreciated the responsible disclosure of these issues directly to
our security team. For more information, see the release notes or
consult the list of changes.

Could you please assign CVEs to identify the issues fixed by the
latest WordPress release?

Regards,
Salvatore


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