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CVE-2017-5612
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php in the posts list table in WordPress before…
Medium6.1EPSS 2.9%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php in the posts list table in WordPress before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted excerpt.
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)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (3 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
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References (8)
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 95816 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3779 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170128 Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 4.7.2 security release: unauthorized bypass, SQL injection, cross-site scripting issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1037731 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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