CVE-2017-6817 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
6.1%
top 9.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WordpressDebian WordpressDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 12
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-includes/embed.php), there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in YouTube URL Embeds.

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 4.7.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.7.3+dfsg-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-668g-gr9x-p9m2: In WordPress before 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-6817: In WordPress before 4↗2017-03-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-6817: wordpress - In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-includes/embed.php), there is authenticated Cross-...↗2017
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