CVE-2017-5612

MEDIUM

Wordpress < 4.7.1 - XSS

Title source: rule

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)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731

[Release Notes] https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/

[Third Party Advisory] https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0153

EPSS Percentile 81.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (4)

wordpress/wordpress < 4.7.1

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 30, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026