CVE-2017-5488

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 4.7 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin.

References (8)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1

[Patch] https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

[Third Party Advisory] https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0088

EPSS Percentile 75.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.7

Timeline

Published Jan 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026