Aggregates CVE and security vulnerability intelligence across all WordPress-related products, including CVSS, EPSS, publication dates, and vulnerability intelligence data.
Historical issues mainly involve vendor risk sql injection, vendor risk csrf, vendor risk input validation, and vendor risk open redirect and related problems; some flaws may lead to vendor impact data exposure.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-6819 | In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php), leading to excessive use of server resources. The CSRF can trigger an outbound HTTP request for a large file that is then parsed by Press This. | [email protected] | 6.5 | 2.34% | 2017-03-11 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-6818 | In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 2.78% | 2017-03-11 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-6817 | In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-includes/embed.php), there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in YouTube URL Embeds. | [email protected] | 5.4 | 2.09% | 2017-03-11 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-6816 | In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality. | [email protected] | 4.9 | 3.12% | 2017-03-11 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-6815 | In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-includes/pluggable.php), control characters can trick redirect URL validation. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 3.00% | 2017-03-11 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-6814 | In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata. This is demonstrated by both (1) mishandling of the playlist shortcode in the wp_playlist_shortcode function in wp-includes/media.php and (2) mishandling of meta information in the renderTracks function in wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-playlist.js. | [email protected] | 5.4 | 3.02% | 2017-03-11 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5612 | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php in the posts list table in WordPress before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted excerpt. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 2.87% | 2017-01-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5611 | SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/class-wp-query.php in WP_Query in WordPress before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by leveraging the presence of an affected plugin or theme that mishandles a crafted post type name. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 9.93% | 2017-01-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5610 | wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php in Press This in WordPress before 4.7.2 does not properly restrict visibility of a taxonomy-assignment user interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by reading terms. | [email protected] | 5.3 | 5.06% | 2017-01-29 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2016-6897 | Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of subscribers for /dev/random read operations by leveraging a late call to the check_ajax_referer function, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896. | [email protected] | 6.5 | 28.26% | 2017-01-18 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2016-6896 | Directory traversal vulnerability in the wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress 4.5.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or read certain text files via a .. (dot dot) in the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, as demonstrated by /dev/random read operations that deplete the entropy pool. | [email protected] | 7.1 | 38.45% | 2017-01-18 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2016-10148 | The wp_ajax_update_plugin function in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php in WordPress before 4.6 makes a get_plugin_data call before checking the update_plugins capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended read-access restrictions via the plugin parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, a related issue to CVE-2016-6896. | [email protected] | 4.3 | 1.64% | 2017-01-18 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5493 | wp-includes/ms-functions.php in the Multisite WordPress API in WordPress before 4.7.1 does not properly choose random numbers for keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) site signup or (2) user signup. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 2.79% | 2017-01-14 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5492 | Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the widget-editing accessibility-mode feature in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that perform a widgets-access action, related to wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php and wp-admin/widgets.php. | [email protected] | 8.8 | 1.93% | 2017-01-14 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5491 | wp-mail.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended posting restrictions via a spoofed mail server with the mail.example.com name. | [email protected] | 5.3 | 3.22% | 2017-01-14 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5490 | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the theme-name fallback functionality in wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted directory name of a theme, related to wp-admin/includes/class-theme-installer-skin.php. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 2.44% | 2017-01-14 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5489 | Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress before 4.7.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via vectors involving a Flash file upload. | [email protected] | 8.8 | 1.33% | 2017-01-14 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5488 | Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 1.75% | 2017-01-14 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2017-5487 | wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php in the REST API implementation in WordPress 4.7 before 4.7.1 does not properly restrict listings of post authors, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a wp-json/wp/v2/users request. | [email protected] | 5.3 | 87.09% | 2017-01-14 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2016-7169 | Directory traversal vulnerability in the File_Upload_Upgrader class in wp-admin/includes/class-file-upload-upgrader.php in the upgrade package uploader in WordPress before 4.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files via a crafted urlholder parameter. | [email protected] | 6.3 | 3.24% | 2017-01-04 | 2026-06-16 |