CVE-2017-5612

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

2.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2017-01-30 04:24Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-28

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c2e2aab80d2e7b4ffdd5aedf7ffc1615f65ce48790b588329cec30b07f22f926

• codex.wordpress.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.2x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com95816http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95816vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3779http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3779vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4482f9207027de8f36630737ae085110896ea849x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170128 Re: CVE Request: Wordpress: 4.7.2 security release: unauthorized bypass, SQL injection, cross-site scripting issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/01/wordpress-4-7-2-security-release/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8731x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1037731http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037731vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK