VDB
CVE-2017-6818
CVE-2017-6818
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM
In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.
EPSS 2.61% · 85.1th 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
2.61%
85.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | 0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Mar 12, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 20, 2025 CVE Updated
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jul 30, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- 1037959 vdb
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769 url
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9 url
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/ url
- 96601 vdb
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6818 advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release url