CVE-2017-9061

medium

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.5, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when attempting to upload very large files, because the error message does not properly restrict presentation of the filename.

References

Advisories
More

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8819

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c7ea71edbbffca5d9766b7bea7c7f3722ffafa6

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-18

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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