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CVE-2017-6814 - log back

CVE-2017-6814 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ Medium
Remote	+ Remote
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.
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/
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