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CVE-2017-5490

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme-name fallback functionality in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted directory name of a theme, related to wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php.

Published

2017-01-15T02:59:02.937

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	≤ 4.7	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359 Patch ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718 ([email protected])
https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/ Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/ Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)