vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-5490): wordpress vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 15, 2017 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 15, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2017-5490
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5490
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/1
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
- URL-https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
- URL-https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359
- URL-https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- URL-https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5490
- URL-https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/
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