[Secure-testing-team] Bug#713947: wordpress: Multiple security issues

[Moritz Muehlenhoff]

Package: wordpress
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: user security hole

Wordpress 3.5.2 fixes multiple security issues. Quoting from http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2:

Additionally: Version 3.5.2 fixes seven security issues:

* Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the HTTP API. CVE-2013-2199.
* Privilege Escalation: Contributors can publish posts, and users can reassign authorship. CVE-2013-2200.
* Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in SWFUpload. CVE-2013-2205.
* Denial of Service (DoS) via Post Password Cookies. CVE-2013-2173.
* Content Spoofing via Flash Applet in TinyMCE Media Plugin. CVE-2013-2204.
* Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when Uploading Media. CVE-2013-2201.
* Full Path Disclosure (FPD) during File Upload. CVE-2013-2203.

Additional security hardening includes:

* Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (Low Severity) when Editing Media. CVE-2013-2201.
* Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (Low Severity) when Installing/Updating Plugins/Themes. CVE-2013-2201.
* XML External Entity Injection (XXE) via oEmbed. CVE-2013-2202.

Cheers,
        Moritz