CVE-2017-9065: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• WordPress WordPress: up to and including 4.7.4

Published 2017-05-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.