UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6817
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6817
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6817.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6817
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-03-12T01:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-24T04:46:12Z
- Severity
-
- 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-includes/embed.php), there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in YouTube URL Embeds.
- References
-
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6817
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/419c8d97ce8df7d5004ee0b566bc5e095f0a6ca8
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6817
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
-
Introduced0Unknown 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"
}
]
}