| Name | CVE-2017-6819 |
| Description | In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php), leading to excessive use of server resources. The CSRF can trigger an outbound HTTP request for a large file that is then parsed by Press This. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 857026 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | buster | 5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.5+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.5.2+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wordpress | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 | | | 857026 |
Notes
[jessie] - wordpress <not-affected> (Only affects 4.2 and later)
[wheezy] - wordpress <not-affected> (Only affects 4.2 and later)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/263831a72d08556bc2f3a328673d95301a152829