CVE-2017-17093

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17093
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-02T06:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-04-26T15:18:48
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:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.9.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.3
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 Release Notes Vendor Advisory Patch
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8968 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17093
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17093
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:42:36 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:37:04 2017-12-02T06:29Z 2017-12-02T06:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:37:04 2019-04-26T15:18:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:37:04 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated