CVE-2017-5490
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5490
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5490.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5490
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-01-15T02:59:02.937Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-18T09:59:05.065632Z
- Severity
-
- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.7" } ] }
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_FIELD", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.7" } ] }