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CVE-2017-9065

high

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is a lack of capability checks for post meta data in the XML-RPC API.

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8817

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e88a48a066ab2200ce3091b131d43e2fab2460a4

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-18

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03165