| Name | CVE-2017-17093 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1216-1, DSA-4090-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 883314 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/