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CVE-2017-5488

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

• WordPress: through 4.7

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/c9ea1de1441bb3bda133bf72d513ca9de66566c2
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8716
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591

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