| Name | CVE-2017-5488 |
| Description | Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-813-1, DSA-3779-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 851310 |
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 | |
| trixie | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 6.8.3+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | source | wheezy | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u13 | DLA-813-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | jessie | 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u12 | DSA-3779-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 4.7.1+dfsg-1 | 851310 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/1
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2/wp-admin/update-core.php