VDB
CVE-2017-5612
CVE-2017-5612
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 2.87% · 86.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.099999904632568
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
2.87%
86.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | 0, 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Timeline
- Jan 30, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Aug 5, 2024 CVE Updated
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5612 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/2 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5 third-party-advisory
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2 third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5612 third-party-advisory