Name: CVE-2017-5612: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-5612, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.02874

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 Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wordpress	Feb 2, 2017	Jan 29, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade ja-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TWUpgrade de-wordpressUpgrade wordpressUpgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CN	Jan 31, 2017	Jan 29, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 30, 2017
Wordpress	—	Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.7.2	May 16, 2017	Jan 29, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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