CVE-2017-5487

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

87.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2017-01-15 02:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

580a4a7b61d9cb549a63eeb7344eee13928ced96a7639df496f9be00a8e97368

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• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8715x_refsource_MISC
• codex.wordpress.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/daf358983cc1ce0c77bf6d2de2ebbb43df2add60x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170114 Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 8 security issues in 4.7http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/wordfence-blocks-username-harvesting-via-new-rest-api-wp-4-7/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1037591http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_CONFIRM
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