CVE-2017-6814 (GCVE-0-2017-6814)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-12 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2017-03-11 00:00
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