{"id":"CVE-2017-17092","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17092","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:59.242Z","title":"wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not require the unfiltered_html capability for upload of .js files, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a crafted file.","description":"wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 does not require the unfiltered_html capability for upload of .js files, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via a crafted file.","published":"2017-12-02T06:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:10:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["wordpress/wordpress","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.03473,"percentile":0.89021,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.05625,"percentile":0.92638},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.03473,"percentile":0.88559}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/67d03a98c2cae5f41843c897f206adde299b0509","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8966","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/67d03a98c2cae5f41843c897f206adde299b0509","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8966","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17092","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}