Vulnerability CVE-2017-5490
Published: 2017-01-14   Modified: 2017-01-15

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme-name fallback functionality in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted directory name of a theme, related to wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php.

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/
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