VDB
CVE-2017-5490
CVE-2017-5490
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 2.44% · 82.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.44%
82.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Timeline
- Jan 15, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5490 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/1 third-party-advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8718 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/ce7fb2934dd111e6353784852de8aea2a938b359 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6 third-party-advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.mehmetince.net/low-severity-wordpress/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5490 third-party-advisory