CVE-2017-5488
MEDIUM6.1EPSS 0.88%wordpress - security update
Published: 1/15/2017Modified: 5/27/2026
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.7.1+dfsg-1
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u13
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u12
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |