CVE-2017-5488
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-15 02:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:04
Severity ?
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
cve@mitre.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716
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