CVE-2017-5610
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php in Press This in WordPress before 4.7.2 does not properly restrict visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php in Press This in WordPress before 4.7.2 does not properly restrict visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.20% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 5.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/21264a31e0849e6ff793a06a17de877dd88ea454Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8729Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/21264a31e0849e6ff793a06a17de877dd88ea454Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8729Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.