CVE-2017-15811
medium
CVSS v3
5.4
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.4
Description
The Pootle Button plugin before 1.2.0 for WordPress has XSS via the assets_url parameter in assets/dialog.php, exploitable via wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
64%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pootlepress | pootle_button | 1.0.0 | |
| pootlepress | pootle_button | 1.1.0 | |
| pootlepress | pootle_button | 1.1.1 | |
References
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144582/WordPress-Pootle-Button-1.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1745805/pootle-button/tags/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8930
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144582/WordPress-Pootle-Button-1.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1745805/pootle-button/tags/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8930
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.