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CVE-2017-6814

In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata. This is demonstrated by both (1) mishandling of the playlist shortcode in the wp_playlist_shortcode function in wp-includes/media.php and (2) mishandling of meta information in the renderTracks function in wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js.

Published

2017-03-12T01:59:00.160

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	≤ 4.7.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)