CVE-2017-6814
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 12, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 11, 2017
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata. This is demonstrated by both (1) mishandling of the playlist shortcode in the wp_playlist_shortcode function in wp-includes/media.php and (2) mishandling of meta information in the renderTracks function in wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7
- 1037959vdb-entry
- DSA-3815vendor-advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765
- 96601vdb-entry
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
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