CVE-2017-17093 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
6.3%
top 9.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WordpressDebian WordpressDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 2
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.3 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.9.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDwordpress/wordpress< 4.9.1
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.9.1+dfsg-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: codex.wordpress.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: codex.wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hgh7-wggh-fw3g: wp-includes/general-template↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-17093: wp-includes/general-template↗2017-12-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-17093: wordpress - wp-includes/general-template.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly res...↗2017
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