CVE-2017-6814 log

Source
Severity Medium
Remote Yes
Type Cross-site scripting
Description
An authenticated cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress before 4.7.3 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.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-202 wordpress 4.7.2-1 4.7.3-1 Medium Fixed
Date Advisory Group Package Severity Type
16 Mar 2017 ASA-201703-14 AVG-202 wordpress Medium multiple issues
References
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/28f838ca3ee205b6f39cd2bf23eb4e5f52796bd7
https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/wordpress_audio_playlist_functionality_is_affected_by_cross_site_scripting.html
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/