CVE-2017-5490 in WordPress

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 01/14/2017
• Disclosure: 01/14/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-79 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 5.2
• EPSS: 0.01307
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5490
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5490
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-5490/