CVE-2017-20208

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 48.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-10-18 03:33Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 17:20Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-17

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

38003fbfdec91aa9d77e6fd478b548d89700c942f299a906238a7169a2c93832

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2b79193-f8fc-4ea2-8973-fe292cfb926b?source=cve
• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/10/3-zero-day-plugin-vulnerabilities-exploited-wild/
• plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1733274/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager