CVE-2017-9061 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.3%
top 12.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WordpressDebian WordpressDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.5, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when attempting to upload very large files, because the error message does not properly restrict presentation of the filename.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.7.5+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.7.5+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-8chx-6qqw-75xx: In WordPress before 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-9061: In WordPress before 4↗2017-05-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-9061: wordpress - In WordPress before 4.7.5, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists whe...↗2017
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