CVE-2017-5488: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/update-core.php in WordPress before 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) version header of a plugin.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.7

Published 2017-01-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.