CVE-2017-17093
medium
CVSS v3
5.4
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.4
Description
wp-includes/general-template.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict the lang attribute of an HTML element, which might allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks via the language setting of a site.
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.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.9.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.9.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.9.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.9.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.9.1+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | {"endExcluding":"4.9.1"} | 4.9.1 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8968
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17093
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.