CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17093
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
wp-includes/general-template.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict the lang attribute of an HTML element, which might allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks via the language setting of a site.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (< 4.9.1)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8968 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8968 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 Third Party Advisory