CVE-2017-6814
MEDIUM5.4EPSS 2.4%wordpress - security update
Published: 3/12/2017Modified: 5/27/2026
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata. This is demonstrated by both (1) mishandling of the playlist shortcode in the wp_playlist_shortcode function in wp-includes/media.php and (2) mishandling of meta information in the renderTracks function in wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.7.3+dfsg-1
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u14
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u13
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |