CVE-2017-5612

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 4.7.1 - XSS

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0153
EPSS Percentile 81.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
wordpress/wordpress < 4.7.1
Published Jan 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026