CVE-2017-17093
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17093
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17093.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17093
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-12-02T06:29:00.300Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-22T01:16:46.087181Z
- Severity
-
- 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
wp-includes/general-template.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict the lang attribute of an HTML element, which might allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks via the language setting of a site.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8968
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html