Cross-site scripting (XSS) in WordPress - CVE-2017-5488
Published: January 17, 2017 / Updated: January 17, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4857
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5488
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in "wp-admin/update-core.php" script in WordPress before 4.7.1 when processing the "name" and "version" headers of a plugin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
WordPress
Arch Linux
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5488
Update to version 4.7.1