CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6814
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-12
- 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
In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata. This is demonstrated by both (1) mishandling of the playlist shortcode in the wp_playlist_shortcode function in wp-includes/media.php and (2) mishandling of meta information in the renderTracks function in wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.7.2)
• 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://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765 Patch, Third Party Advisory