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CVE Request: Wordpress: 6 security issues in Wordpress 4.7 2

From: Craig Small <csmall () enc com au>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 10:44:26 +0000

Hello again,
 Wordpress 4.7.3 fixes 6 security issues.  Summer of Pwnage has reported 2
here yesterday but here is the list from the wordpress site.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) via media file metadata. Reported by Chris Andrè
Dale, Yorick Koster, and Simon P. Briggs.

Control characters can trick redirect URL validation. Reported by Daniel
Chatfield.

Unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion
functionality. Reported by xuliang.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) via video URL in YouTube embeds. Reported by
Marc Montpas.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names. Reported by Delta.

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This leading to excessive use of
server resources. Reported by Sipke Mellema.


Reference:
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
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Current thread:

CVE Request: Wordpress: 6 security issues in Wordpress 4.7 2 Craig Small (Mar 07)
- Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 6 security issues in Wordpress 4.7 2 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (Mar 07)
  - Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 6 security issues in Wordpress 4.7 2 Kurt Seifried (Mar 07)
    - Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 6 security issues in Wordpress 4.7 2 Craig Small (Mar 11)