WordPress Vulnerabilities

WordPress 2.9-4.7 - Authenticated Cross-Site scripting (XSS) in update-core.php

Affects WordPress

3.8.1
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.8
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.7.1
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.5.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.5.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.4.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.4.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.3.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.3.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.3.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.2.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.1.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.1.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.1.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.1.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.0.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.0.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.0.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.0.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.0.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.0.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.0
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
2.9.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
2.9.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
2.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.9
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.9.1
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.7
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.8.2
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.8.3
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.9.2
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
4.0
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.1.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
3.9.3
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
4.1.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.2.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.0.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.1.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.1.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.1.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
3.8.4
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.7.4
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
4.2.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
3.8.8
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.8.5
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.8.6
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.8.7
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.7.2
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.7.3
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.7.5
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.7.6
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.7.7
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.7.8
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.7.9
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.8.9
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.9.4
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.9.5
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.9.6
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.9.7
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
4.0.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.0.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.0.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.0.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.0.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.1.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.2.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.2.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.1.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.0.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
3.9.8
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.8.10
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.7.10
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
4.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.7
4.3.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.7
4.2.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.1.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.0.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
3.9.9
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.8.11
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.7.11
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
4.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.6
3.7.12
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.8.12
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.9.10
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
4.0.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.1.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.2.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.3.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.7
4.4.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.6
4.4.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.6
4.3.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.7
4.2.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.1.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.0.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
3.9.11
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
3.8.13
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.7.13
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
4.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.5
4.5.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.5
3.7.14
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.8.14
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.9.12
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
4.0.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.1.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.2.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.3.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.7
4.4.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.6
4.5.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.5
4.5.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.5
3.7.15
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.8.15
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.9.13
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
4.0.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.1.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.2.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.3.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.7
4.4.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.6
4.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.2
3.7.16
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17
3.8.16
Fixed in WordPress 3.8.17
3.9.14
Fixed in WordPress 3.9.15
4.0.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.0.14
4.1.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.1.14
4.2.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.2.11
4.3.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.7
4.4.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.6
4.5.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.5
4.6.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.2
4.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.1
3.7.17
Fixed in WordPress 3.7.17

References

CVE
CVE-2017-5488
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2/wp-admin/update-core.php
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.1 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Submitter
ethicalhack3r
Submitter twitter
ethicalhack3r
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
8b098363-1efb-4831-9b53-bb5d9770e8b4

Timeline

Publicly Published
2017-01-11 (about 6 years ago)
Added
2017-01-12 (about 6 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-09-22 (about 3 years ago)

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