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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 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted excerpt.

Published

2017-01-30T04:59:00.640

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.7.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2 Release Notes ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2 Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)