ghsa-4h7x-7f94-8hcj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:19
Modified
2025-04-20 03:33
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-6814"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-12T01:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-4h7x-7f94-8hcj",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:33:58Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:19:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6814"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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