vulnerability

Wordpress: CVE-2017-14718: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 23, 2017
Added
Oct 12, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was susceptible to a Cross-Site Scripting attack in the link modal via a javascript: or data: URL.

Solution

wordpress-upgrade-4_8_2
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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