CVE-2017-8295

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

26.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2017-05-04 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:34Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-04-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2aecfe8ca0347879228c19d52d293bf675fc1960db131136e52a00d2d0c451c0

• www.exploit-db.com41963https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41963/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• exploitbox.iohttps://exploitbox.io/vuln/WordPress-Exploit-4-7-Unauth-Password-Reset-0day-CVE-2017-8295.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-3870http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securitytracker.com1038403http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038403vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com98295http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98295vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• wpvulndb.comhttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8807x_refsource_MISC