UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10102

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10102

    Published: 16 Apr 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-10102

    Summary:

    Details: Before WordPress 4.9.5, the version string was not escaped in the get_the_generator function, and could lead to XSS in a generator tag.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10102, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/42893, https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/31a4369366d6b8ce30045d4c838de2412c77850d, https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.5, https://wordpress.org/news/2018/04/wordpress-4-9-5-security-and-maintenance-release/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10102

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.3+dfsg-1

    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