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CVE-2017-9064

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

In WordPress before 4.7.5, a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the filesystem credentials dialog because a nonce is not required for updating credentials.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• WordPress: through 4.7.4

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/38347d7c580be4cdd8476e4bbc653d5c79ed9b67
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8818
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3870
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98509
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038520
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.7.5
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/38347d7c580be4cdd8476e4bbc653d5c79ed9b67

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