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WordPress 4.0-4.7.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in YouTube URL Embeds

Description

This can be exploited by unauthenticated users in versions 4.7 and 4.7.1 by leveraging this vulnerability https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8734

Affects WordPress

4.0
Fixed in version 4.0.16
4.1
Fixed in version 4.1.16
4.1.1
Fixed in version 4.1.16
4.2
Fixed in version 4.2.13
4.1.2
Fixed in version 4.1.16
4.2.1
Fixed in version 4.2.13
4.0.1
Fixed in version 4.0.16
4.1.5
Fixed in version 4.1.16
4.1.4
Fixed in version 4.1.16
4.1.3
Fixed in version 4.1.16

References

CVE
CVE-2017-6817
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/419c8d97ce8df7d5004ee0b566bc5e095f0a6ca8
URL
https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/03/stored-xss-in-wordpress-core.html

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Submitter

ethicalhack3r

Submitter twitter
ethicalhack3r
Verified

No

WPVDB ID
3ee54fc3-f4b4-4c35-8285-9d6719acecf0

Timeline

Publicly Published

2017-03-06 (about 5 years ago)

Added

2017-03-07 (about 5 years ago)

Last Updated

2020-09-22 (about 2 years ago)

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