| Name | CVE-2017-6818 |
| Description | In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names. |
| 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) |
| Debian Bugs | 857026 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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, 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 | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 4.7.3+dfsg-1 | | | 857026 |
Notes
[jessie] - wordpress <not-affected> (Only affects 4.7.x)
[wheezy] - wordpress <not-affected> (Only affects 4.7.x)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9