CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6818
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-12
- 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
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.7.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- 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/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9 Issue Tracking, Patch, 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/8769 Patch, 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/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9 Issue Tracking, Patch, 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/8769 Patch, Third Party Advisory