UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17093

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17093
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17093.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17093
Upstream
Published
2017-12-02T06:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:37Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.3+dfsg-1
4.3.1+dfsg-1
4.4+dfsg-1
4.4.1+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1
4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17093.json"