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CVE-2017-6817

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% 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-79

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.3 (wp-includes/embed.php), there is authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in YouTube URL Embeds.

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/96601
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/419c8d97ce8df7d5004ee0b566bc5e095f0a6ca8
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8768
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3815
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96601
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037959
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.3
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/419c8d97ce8df7d5004ee0b566bc5e095f0a6ca8

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