CVE-2017-14721 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress allowed Cross-Site scripting in the plugin editor via a crafted plugin name.

Published: 2017-09-23

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1151-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3997-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6218	Before version 4.8.2, WordPress allowed Cross-Site scripting in the plugin editor via a crafted plugin name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02645.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41412
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-23T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:34:39.851Z

Reserved: 2017-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14721

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-23T20:29:00.343

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-14721

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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