CVE-2017-5493

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

2.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:H/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-338Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bc137a4608867adf8f62a0c8951060cf86fb28f23df4476a472a0b838777ec96

• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8721x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com95401http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95401vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3779http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• codex.wordpress.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.1x_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.securitytracker.com1037591http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037591vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/cea9e2dc62abf777e06b12ec4ad9d1aaa49b29f4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_CONFIRM