CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5488
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 www.securitytracker.com
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716 wpvulndb.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 www.securitytracker.com
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716 wpvulndb.com