CVE-2017-5612
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-5612
To remediate CVE-2017-5612, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.7.2+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-5612 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.7.2+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |