CVE-2017-5612
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.87% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS moved from 4.4% on 21 September 2026 to 2.9% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5Mailing List, 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
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5Mailing List, 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
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.