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CVE-2017-6818
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
Medium6.1EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
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)
- 2.6% · top 15% 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)
- 1037959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 96601 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 (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 .