WordPress plugin
TablePress <= 1.8 — XML External Entity Injection
CVE-2017-10889Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.8Update to 1.8.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy tablepress
- Affected≤ 1.8
- Patched in1.8.1
Update to 1.8.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.8. Version 1.8.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.8.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Yuji Tounai.
TablePress prior to version 1.8.1 allows an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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≤3.3.1Update to 3.3.2
- Medium6.1Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
≤5.5.8Update to 5.5.9
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
≤3.2.4Update to 3.2.5
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode_debug Parameter
≤3.2Update to 3.2.1
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≤3.1.2Update to 3.1.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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