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CVE-2017-6818

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% 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-admin/js/tags-box.js), there is cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.

Affected products

• WordPress: through 4.7.2

References

• 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/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769
• 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/9092fd01e1f452f37c313d38b18f9fe6907541f9
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/03/wordpress-4-7-3-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8769

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