wp-includes/general-template.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict the lang attribute of an HTML element, which might…

Description

wp-includes/general-template.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not properly restrict the lang attribute of an HTML element, which might allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks via the language setting of a site.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• DSA-4090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20171221 [SECURITY] [DLA 1216-1] wordpress security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/3713ac5ebc90fb2011e98dfd691420f43da6c09a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 102024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8968 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 20:43 UTC.