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wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):wordpress CVE #(s):
Created:November 18, 2009 Updated:November 18, 2009
Description:

From the Wordpress release notes:

2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch. The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, is an issue with sanitizing uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations. Thanks to Benjamin and Dawid for finding and reporting these.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2009-11710 wordpress 2009-11-18
Fedora FEDORA-2009-11693 wordpress 2009-11-18
Fedora FEDORA-2009-11687 wordpress 2009-11-18

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