{"id":"CVE-2017-6814","details":"In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata. This is demonstrated by both (1) mishandling of the playlist shortcode in the wp_playlist_shortcode function in wp-includes/media.php and (2) mishandling of meta information in the renderTracks function in wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js.","modified":"2026-04-10T04:00:44.304907Z","published":"2017-03-12T01:59:00.160Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8765"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/8"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1ea8e9a4f03f425a6a77c3487528fedd3f33c100"},{"fixed":"28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.7.2"}]}}],"versions":["4.7.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6814.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}