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Debian: CVE-2017-17093: wordpress -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-17093: wordpress -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/18/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-wordpress

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