CVE-2017-6819: WordPress

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In WordPress before 4.7.3, there is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-press-this.php), leading to excessive use of server resources. The CSRF can trigger an outbound HTTP request for a large file that is then parsed by Press This.

Affected products

• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.7.2

Published 2017-03-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.