UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000600

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000600
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000600.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000600
Upstream
Published
2018-09-06T12:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:43Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

WordPress version <4.9 contains a CWE-20 Input Validation vulnerability in thumbnail processing that can result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via thumbnail upload by an authenticated user and may require additional plugins in order to be exploited however this has not been confirmed at this time. This issue appears to have been partially, but not completely fixed in WordPress 4.9

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-2017-1000600.json"