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CVE-2017-17093

medium

Description

wp-includes/general-template.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict the lang attribute of an HTML element, which might allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks via the language setting of a site.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8968

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-12-02

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05625