WordPress Vulnerabilities Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor 1 Minutes, 13 Seconds to Read Recently, new vulnerabilities affecting WordPress have been identified. All customers who use WordPress are advised to upgrade to the latest version (3.5.2) immediately. You can view our full walk-through guide on Updating WordPress here in our Support Center. Below is a list and explanation of the vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-2173 A denial of service was found in the way wordpress performs hash computation when checking password for protected posts. An attacker supplying carefully crafted input as a password could make the platform use excessive CPU usage CVE-2013-2199 Multiple server-side requests forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities were found in the HTTP API. This is related to CVE-2013-0235, which was specific to SSRF in pingback requests and was fixed in 3.5.1 CVE-2013-2201 Multiple cross-side scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities due to badly escaped input were found in the media files and plugins upload forms CVE-2013-2202 XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability via oEmbed responses CVE-2013-2203 A Full path disclosure (FPD) was found in the file upload mechanism. If the upload directory is not writable, the error message returned includes the full directory path CVE-2013-2203 A Full path disclosure (FPD) was found in the file upload mechanism. If the upload directory is not writable, the error message returned includes the full directory path CVE-2013-2204 Content spoofing via flash applet in the embedded tinyMCE media plugin CVE-2013-2205 Cross-domain XSS in the embedded SWFupload uploader You can read the Official WordPress Release notes regarding this latest update on WordPress.org. Share this Article IC InMotion Hosting Contributor Content Writer InMotion Hosting contributors are highly knowledgeable individuals who create relevant content on new trends and troubleshooting techniques to help you achieve your online goals! More Articles by InMotion Hosting Related Articles How to Create an Admin Account in WordPress via MySQL Create a Footer for WordPress How to Create a Gallery in WordPress without a Plugin How to Disable the WP-Cron (wp-cron.php) in WordPress How to Change Your Site URL in Your WordPress Admin Dashboard W3 Total Cache – Guide to WordPress Caching WordPress – Changing the Site URL and Home Settings How to Globally Change the Font in WordPress How to Install WordPress using Softaculous Cleaning Up Old Post Metadata in WordPress