CVE-2017-17094

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    CVE-2017-17094

    Published: 2 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: wp-includes/feed.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict enclosures in RSS and Atom fields, which might allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a crafted URL.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html, https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090, https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1, https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/f1de7e42df29395c3314bf85bff3d1f4f90541de, https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8967

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -fe24185f48a5fd27294c1251de7047c54fe178ca

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High