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CVE-2017-9062
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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9062
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9062.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-9062
Downstream
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9062
DLA-975-1
DSA-3870-1
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9062
Published
2017-05-18T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-14T14:33:32Z
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Summary
[none]
Details
In WordPress before 4.7.5, there is improper handling of post meta data values in the XML-RPC API.
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/3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/05/wordpress-4-7-5/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8816
Affected packages
Git
/
github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3d95e3ae816f4d7c638f40d3e936a4be19724381
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
CVE-2017-9062 - OSV