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CVE-2017-14726
Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack via shortcodes in the TinyMCE visual editor.
Medium6.1EPSS 2.7%
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- mitre
Description
Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack via shortcodes in the TinyMCE visual editor.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- DSA-3997 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41395 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 100912 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8914 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ (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)
Record last updated .