CVE-2017-6814 (GCVE-0-2017-6814)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-12 01:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:41
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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