MGASA-2014-0254

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    MGASA-2014-0254

    Published: 6 Jun 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated wordpress package fixes multiple vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated wordpress package fixes security vulnerabilities: WordPress before 3.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to publish posts by leveraging the Contributor role, related to wp-admin/includes/post.php and wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php (CVE-2014-0165). The wp_validate_auth_cookie function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 3.7.2 does not properly determine the validity of authentication cookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a forged cookie (CVE-2014-0166). The wordpress package has been updated to version 3.9.1, fixing these and other issues.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0254.html, http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/mbs1/MDVSA-2014:103/, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13184

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/wordpress?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.9.1-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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