CVE-2017-5612

Publication date 30 January 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wordpress 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needed
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.1 · Medium

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

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