CVE-2017-5612

6.1 mediumEPSS 2.9%

Medium (6.1). EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-01-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
wordpress:wordpress

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2

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