VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5488
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.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.75%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.75% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.