SB2017112937 - Cross-site scripting in WordPress WordPress
Published: November 29, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017112937
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17094)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of the attributes of enclosures in RSS and Atom feeds within wp-includes/feed.php script. A remote attacker can bypass implemented filters and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victims browser in context of the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.