CVE-2017-5488

6.1 mediumEPSS 1.8%

Medium (6.1) in wordpress wordpress. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-01-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wordpress:wordpress

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95397
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1

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