CVE-2017-5490

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.

We have discovered 339,962 live websites that are affected by CVE-2017-5490.

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Affected Software

Product  WordPress
Category Content Management System
Vulnerable Domains339,962 live websites (4.34% of WordPress install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 4.7.1
Vulnerable Versions Count889 versions ( 58% of all versions)



Details

  • Published - Jan 15, 2017
  • Updated - Aug 5, 2024

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2017-5490
United States76,014 websites


Italy38,396 websites
Japan31,951 websites
Germany25,084 websites
France15,717 websites
Russia14,046 websites
GB13,602 websites
Netherlands10,337 websites
Poland8,948 websites
Spain6,873 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2017-5490
.com129,840 websites
.it25,537 websites
.org14,168 websites
.de13,510 websites
.ru11,816 websites
.net11,289 websites
.nl8,423 websites
.co.uk8,088 websites
.jp7,688 websites
.pl6,714 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2017-5490

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2017-5490. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
******.org United States***
*******.com United States*,***
*******.com China*,***
*****.com United States*,***
********.com United States*,***
**********.es United States*,***
***********.com United States*,***
************.org United States*,***
******.com France*,***
********.*********.com United States*,***
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FAQ

A total of 339,962 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2017-5490, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The WordPress is affected by the CVE-2017-5490 vulnerability.
WordPress versions up to and including 4.7.1 are vulnerable to CVE-2017-5490.