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CVE-2017-5490
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-15T02:59:02.937 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:20:36.177

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme-name fallback functionality in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted directory name of a theme, related to wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php.

Affected products

wordpress — wordpress

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References

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