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CVE-2017-14726

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack via shortcodes in the TinyMCE visual editor.

Published

2017-09-23T20:29:00.547

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.8.1	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41395 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8914 ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41395 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8914 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)