PT-2017-14707 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2017-12-02 · Updated 2019-04-26 · CVE-2017-17092

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.9.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a crafted file, potentially affecting a large number of devices worldwide. This is due to the lack of required capability for uploading certain file types.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.9.1, update to version 4.9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17092

DLA-1216-1

DSA-4090-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 25

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/67d03a98c2cae5f41843c897f206adde299b0509 · Patch
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9066 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17092 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16510 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17092 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4090-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17092 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4090-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17092 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17091 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17092 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17093 · Security Note