vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-5612): wordpress vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 30, 2017 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 30, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2017-5612
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5612
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/2
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5
- URL-https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2
- URL-https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849
- URL-https://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5612
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