Medium severity6.1OSV Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5490
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.
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Affected products
34.7+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 4.7
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.7
- (no CPE)range: <4.7.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359nvdPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/nvdTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95402nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591nvd
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718nvd
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