CVE-2017-16842

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 4.8
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16842
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-16T03:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-03T17:34:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:yoast:wordpress_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 5.8.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.8
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.7
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php Third Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16842
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16842
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:10:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:05:15 2017-11-16T03:29Z 2017-11-16T03:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:05:15 2017-12-03T17:34:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:05:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated