| Name | CVE-2017-6814 |
| 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. |
| 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-860-1, DSA-3815-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 857026 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.7.14+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.8.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 6.8.3+dfsg1-0+deb13u1 | 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~deb7u14 | DLA-860-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | jessie | 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u13 | DSA-3815-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 | 857026 |
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7