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CVE-2017-5490
Published: Jan 15, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
95402
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-3779
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
x_refsource_MISC
https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/
x_refsource_MISC
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20170114 Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 8 security issues in 4.7
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
1037591
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
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