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WordPress 3.7-4.9.4 - Escape Version in Generator Tag

Description

Make sure the version string is correctly escaped for use in generator tags.

Affects WordPress

3.8.1
Fixed in version 3.8.26
3.8
Fixed in version 3.8.26
3.7.1
Fixed in version 3.7.26
3.9
Fixed in version 3.9.24
3.9.1
Fixed in version 3.9.24
3.7
Fixed in version 3.7.26
3.8.2
Fixed in version 3.8.26
3.8.3
Fixed in version 3.8.26
3.9.2
Fixed in version 3.9.24
4.0
Fixed in version 4.0.23

References

CVE
CVE-2018-10102
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/04/wordpress-4-9-5-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/31a4369366d6b8ce30045d4c838de2412c77850d

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Submitter

Ryan

Submitter twitter
ethicalhack3r
Verified

No

WPVDB ID
2b7c77c3-8dbc-4a2a-9ea3-9929c3373557

Timeline

Publicly Published

2018-04-03 (about 4 years ago)

Added

2018-04-04 (about 4 years ago)

Last Updated

2020-09-22 (about 2 years ago)

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