CVE-2017-5488 Information

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591 https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2 https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1