FKIE_CVE-2017-5490

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-15 02:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:20
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme-name fallback functionality in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted directory name of a theme, related to wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
cve@mitre.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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