CVE-2017-6818

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

2.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.1% 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

2017-03-12 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-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cf16a078dfd68c979f073b91b784d4230c2b3cea7822528e0bff3c903ce7deab

• www.securitytracker.com1037959http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com96601http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9x_refsource_MISC
• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/x_refsource_MISC
• codex.wordpress.orghttps://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3x_refsource_MISC