CVE-2017-5490

Name	CVE-2017-5490
Description	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme-name fallback functionality in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted directory name of a theme, related to wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php.
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-813-1, DSA-3779-1
Debian Bugs	851310

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.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	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

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/1
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359