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CVE-2017-5612

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Date: January 29, 2017

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.

Language: PHP

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Related Resources (12)

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5612
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5612
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5612
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5612

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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