CVE-2017-6816

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

3.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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

2017-03-12 01:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:41Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ad72ce5c2ba015ae7005ac62c53c2d87dd760136f272e7e6c39fc06c447ee42f

• www.securitytracker.com1037959http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.debian.orgDSA-3815http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4d80f8b3e1b00a3edcee0774dc9c2f4c78f9e663x_refsource_MISC
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_MISC
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8767x_refsource_MISC
• codex.wordpress.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com96598http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96598vdb-entryx_refsource_BID