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CVE-2017-6816

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-admin/plugins.php), unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• WordPress: through 4.7.2

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96598
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4d80f8b3e1b00a3edcee0774dc9c2f4c78f9e663
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8767
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96598
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/4d80f8b3e1b00a3edcee0774dc9c2f4c78f9e663

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