| Name | CVE-2017-5490 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-813-1, DSA-3779-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 851310 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.5+dfsg1-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.5.2+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 | 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u13 | DLA-813-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | jessie | 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u12 | DSA-3779-1 | ||
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 4.7.1+dfsg-1 | 851310 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/1
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359