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CVE-2017-9065
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 4.1% 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-20
Description
In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is a lack of capability checks for post meta data in the XML-RPC API.
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/e88a48a066ab2200ce3091b131d43e2fab2460a4
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8817
- 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/e88a48a066ab2200ce3091b131d43e2fab2460a4
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