CVE-2017-6818
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-12 01:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:41
Severity ?
Summary
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
References
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/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9Issue Tracking, Patch, 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/8769Patch, Third 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/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9Issue Tracking, Patch, 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/8769Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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