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CVE-2017-17094

wp-includes/feed.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict enclosures in RSS and Atom fields, which might allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a crafted URL.

Published

2017-12-02T06:29:00.347

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	< 4.9.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f1de7e42df29395c3314bf85bff3d1f4f90541de Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8967 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f1de7e42df29395c3314bf85bff3d1f4f90541de Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8967 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)