PT-2017-17346 · WordPress · Wordpress

Daniel Chatfield · Published 2017-03-12 · Updated 2019-03-19 · CVE-2017-6815

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.7.3

Description The issue allows control characters to trick redirect URL validation.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.7.3, update to version 4.7.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6815

DLA-860-1

DSA-3815-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 25

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/288cd469396cfe7055972b457eb589cea51ce40e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6815 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6815 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6815 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6815 · Vendor Advisory
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6817 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6815 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6816 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6815 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6814 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3815-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8766 · Patch