CVE-2017-9061

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.5, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when attempting to upload very large files, because the error message does not properly restrict presentation of the filename.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c7ea71edbbffca5d9766b7bea7c7f3722ffafa6Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8819Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/8c7ea71edbbffca5d9766b7bea7c7f3722ffafa6Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8819Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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