WordPress Vulnerabilities

WordPress 4.3.0-4.9 - HTML Language Attribute Escaping

Affects WordPress

4.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.3.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.3.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.4.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.3.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.5.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.3.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.5.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.3.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.3.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.6.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.3.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.7.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.6.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.3.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.6.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.7.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.3.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.6.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.7.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.3.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.6.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.7.4
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.7.5
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.3.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.6.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.4
4.8.1
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.4
4.3.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.10
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.6.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.7.6
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.8.2
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.4
4.8.3
Fixed in WordPress 4.8.4
4.3.13
Fixed in WordPress 4.3.14
4.4.12
Fixed in WordPress 4.4.13
4.5.11
Fixed in WordPress 4.5.12
4.6.8
Fixed in WordPress 4.6.9
4.7.7
Fixed in WordPress 4.7.8
4.9
Fixed in WordPress 4.9.1

References

CVE
CVE-2017-17093
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Submitter
ethicalhack3r
Submitter twitter
ethicalhack3r
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
a6281b30-c272-4d44-9420-2ebd3c8ff7da

Timeline

Publicly Published
2017-11-29 (about 8 years ago)
Added
2017-11-30 (about 8 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-09-22 (about 5 years ago)

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Published
2026-09-04
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Divi < 4.27.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Video Slider 'image_src' Shortcode Parameter
Published
2023-10-09
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Memberlite Shortcodes < 1.3.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Published
2025-01-14
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Posts Footer Manager < 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting