CVE-2018-10102 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
5.2%
top 10.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WordpressDebian WordpressDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 16
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Before WordPress 4.9.5, the version string was not escaped in the get_the_generator function, and could lead to XSS in a generator tag.

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 4.9.5+dfsg1-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDwordpress/wordpress< 4.9.5
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.9.5+dfsg1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: core.trac.wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-pv54-xqw9-86jh: Before WordPress 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-10102: Before WordPress 4↗2018-04-16
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CVEList
CVE-2018-10102: Before WordPress 4↗2018-04-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2018-10102: wordpress - Before WordPress 4.9.5, the version string was not escaped in the get_the_genera...↗2018
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