CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5490
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
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.
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/95402 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/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718 wpvulndb.com
- https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/ Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- 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/95402 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/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359 Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718 wpvulndb.com
- https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/ Technical Description, Third Party Advisory