PT-2017-17349 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2017-03-12 · Updated 2019-03-19 · CVE-2017-6818

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 for cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.

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-2017-6818

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 11

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9 · Patch
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6818 · Security Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6818 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96601 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037959 · Note