CVE-2017-6814

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Description

In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata. This is demonstrated by both (1) mishandling of the playlist shortcode in the wp_playlist_shortcode function in wp-includes/media.php and (2) mishandling of meta information in the renderTracks function in wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js.

References

Advisories
More

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/

https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-15868

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

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: 0.02868