CVE-2017-6818
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.1 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
6.1CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactLow
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3Patch
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959Advisory