CVE-2017-5612

WordPress Core < 4.7.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php en la tabla de lista de publicaciones en WordPress en versiones anteriores a 4.7.2 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML arbitrarios a través de un extracto manipulado.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in wordpress, a web blogging tool. They would allow remote attackers to hijack victims' credentials, access sensitive information, execute arbitrary commands, bypass read and post restrictions, or mount denial-of-service attacks.

*Credits: Ian Dunn

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-01-26 CVE Published
2017-01-28 CVE Reserved
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731	Third Party Advisory
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2	Release Notes
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849	2019-03-19
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release	2019-03-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779	2019-03-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"				<= 4.7.1 Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress" and version " <= 4.7.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected