PT-2017-17348 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2017-03-12 · Updated 2019-03-19 · CVE-2017-6817

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 4.7.3

Description The issue concerns authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in YouTube URL Embeds, which can be exploited due to a flaw in the embed.php file.

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

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6817

DSA-3815-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 25

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/419c8d97ce8df7d5004ee0b566bc5e095f0a6ca8 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6817 · Security Note
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 · Vendor Advisory
• 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3815-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6817 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8768 · Patch