CVE-2017-5490

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 4.7 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme-name fallback functionality in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted directory name of a theme, related to wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php.

References (9)

[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/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359

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/8718

[Technical Description, Third Party Advisory] https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402

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

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0131

EPSS Percentile 79.6%

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 published

Affected Products (2)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.7

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026