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WordPress 4.2.3-4.8.1 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Visual Editor

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the visual editor. Reported by Rodolfo Assis (@brutelogic) of Sucuri Security.

Affects WordPress

4.2.3
Fixed in version 4.2.16
4.2.4
Fixed in version 4.2.16
4.3
Fixed in version 4.3.12
4.3.1
Fixed in version 4.3.12
4.2.5
Fixed in version 4.2.16
4.4
Fixed in version 4.4.11
4.2.6
Fixed in version 4.2.16
4.3.2
Fixed in version 4.3.12
4.4.1
Fixed in version 4.4.11
4.4.2
Fixed in version 4.4.11

References

CVE
CVE-2017-14726
URL
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
URL
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41395
URL
https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/09/stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-wordpress-4-8-1.html

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Submitter

Rodolfo Assis

Submitter twitter
brutelogic
Verified

No

WPVDB ID
e525b3ed-866e-4c48-8715-19fc8be14939

Timeline

Publicly Published

2017-09-19 (about 5 years ago)

Added

2017-09-27 (about 5 years ago)

Last Updated

2020-09-22 (about 2 years ago)

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