CVE-2017-5612: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php in the posts list table in WordPress before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted excerpt.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.7.1

Published 2017-01-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.