CVE-2018-10102

Summary

CVECVE-2018-10102
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-16 09:58:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-18 13:50:00 UTC
DescriptionBefore 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress CVE-2018-10102 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 1366-1] wordpress security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Version 4.9.5 « WordPress Codex CONFIRM codex.wordpress.org Vendor Advisory
Template: Make sure the version string is correctly escaped for use i… · WordPress/WordPress@31a4369 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
WordPress 4.9.5 Security and Maintenance Release CONFIRM wordpress.org Third Party Advisory
WordPress 3.7-4.9.4 - Escape Version in Generator Tag MISC wpvulndb.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4193-1 wordpress DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Changeset 42893 – WordPress Trac CONFIRM core.trac.wordpress.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Redirect and Cross-Site Scritping Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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